Seeing Like a State
1998Central planningSocial engineeringSocial aspects of Central planningSocial aspectsAuthoritarianism
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Certain forms of knowledge and control require a narrowing of vision.
Certain forms of knowledge and control require a narrowing of vision.
About this 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.
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Central planningSocial engineeringSocial aspects of Central planningSocial aspectsAuthoritarianismLong Now Manual for Civilization
First published 1998Characters & people
Setting
TanzaniaSoviet RussiaBrasilia
About the author
James C. Scott
2 December 1936 – 19 July 2024
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