Seeing Like a State (1998)

Name: Seeing Like a State
Rating: 4.31 (13 reviews)
Author: James C. Scott
ISBN: 9781281729132

454 pages 4.3/5 Goodreads

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.

Author: James C. Scott

ISBN: 9781281729132

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Genocide / ethnic cleansing (referenced)War / combat (referenced)

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