ISBN: 9780300070163 - Seeing Like a State – How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (yale Agrarian Studies) (7 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The 20th century features many examples of grand utopian schemes that have inadvertently brought death and disruption to millions. Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry? This book analyzes cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The 20th century features many examples of grand utopian schemes that have inadvertently brought death and disruption to millions. Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry? This book analyzes cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 464 pages. cover lightly fadedWhy have large-scale schemes to improve the human condition in the twentieth century so often gone awry? James C. Scott analyzes diverse failures in high-mod ernist, authoritarian state planning-collectivization in Russia, the building of Brasilia, compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, and others-and uncovers condi tions common to all such planning disasters. What these failures teach us, he ar gues, is that any centrally managed social plan must recognize the importance of local customs and practical knowledge if it hopes to succeed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Boards may have fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

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