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Seeing Like a State : How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott
$12.98
Seeing Like a State : How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed - Thryft
Seeing Like a State : How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed - Thryft

Why top-down planning often fails catastrophically.

This book provides a fascinating analysis of how state-led planning can lead to disastrous consequences. It highlights the importance of local knowledge and bottom-up approaches to problem-solving, making it a must-read for anyone interested in the limitations of top-down planning. With a clear and accessible writing style, Seeing Like a State offers an insightful critique of government-led initiatives and their impact on society and the environment.

  • Mattei Dogan Award (2000)
  • Wildavsky Award for Enduring Contribution to Policy Studies (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Seeing Like a State : How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott
$12.98
ISBN: 9780300246759
Authors: James C. Scott
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date of Publication: 2020-03-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, Economics, Philosophy, History
Related Topics: History, Economics, Sociology, Social Science, History, Theory, Anthropology
Goodreads rating: 4.2
(rated by 5314 readers)

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"One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades." —John Gray, New York Times Book ReviewHailed as "a magisterial critique of top-down social planning" by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters."Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit." —New Yorker"A tour de force." —Charles Tilly, Columbia University
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Why top-down planning often fails catastrophically.

This book provides a fascinating analysis of how state-led planning can lead to disastrous consequences. It highlights the importance of local knowledge and bottom-up approaches to problem-solving, making it a must-read for anyone interested in the limitations of top-down planning. With a clear and accessible writing style, Seeing Like a State offers an insightful critique of government-led initiatives and their impact on society and the environment.

  • Mattei Dogan Award (2000)
  • Wildavsky Award for Enduring Contribution to Policy Studies (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.