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"In this wide-ranging and original book, James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields. He argues that centrally managed social plans derail when they impose schematic visions that do violence to complex interdependencies that are not - and cannot be - fully understood. Further the success of designs for social organization depends on the recognition that local, practical knowledge is as important as formal, epistemic knowledge." "The author build
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- Author
- Scott, Professor James C.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300078152
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Economics, Social Science, Political Science
- Rating
- 4.18 / 5 (1,801 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (The Institution for Social and Policy St) (2008)
- Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (The Institution for Social and Policy St) (1998)
- Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (The Institution for Social and Policy St) (2020)
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- Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Veritas Paperbacks) (1998)
- Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Veritas Paperbacks) (2020)
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