Seeing Like a StateJames C. Scott
Seeing Like a State
James C. Scott · 1998
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About the book
Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian central planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased resources for the state or a better life for the people.
First sentence: Certain forms of knowledge and control require a narrowing of vision.
Book details
- Year
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Editions
- 13
- Reader rating
- 4.3 / 5 (13)
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN
- 9780300246759
Data source: Wikidata
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