Seeing like a state

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Compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, collectivization in Russia, Le Corbusier's urban planning theory realized in Brasilia, the Great Leap Forward in China, agricultural modernization in the Tropics-the twentieth century has been racked by 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?In this wide-ranging and original book, James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields. Centrally managed social plans misfire, Scott argues, 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 upon the recognition that local, practical knowledge is as important as formal, epistemic knowledge. The author builds a persuasive case against development theory and imperialistic state planning that disregards the values, desires, and objections of its subjects. He identifies and discusses four conditions common to all planning disasters: administrative ordering of nature and society by the state; a high-modernist ideology that places confidence in the ability of science to improve every aspect of human life; a willingness to use authoritarian state power to effect large- scale interventions; and a prostrate civil society that cannot effectively resist such plans.

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Seeing Like a State

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Hailed as a magisterial critique of top down social planning by the new york times this essential work analyzes disasters from russia to tanzania to uncover why states so often fail sometimes catastrophically in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment and uncovers the co Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, maandag in huis .. MEER INFO

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one of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades john gray new york times book review hailed as a magisterial critique of top down social planning by the new york times this essential work analyzes disasters from russia to ta Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Seeing like a State

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Compulsory ujamaa villages in tanzania collectivization in russia le corbusier s urban planning theory realized in brasilia the great leap forward in china agricultural modernization in the tropics the twentieth century has been racked by grand utopian schemes that have inadvertently b Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 april 1998

Aantal pagina's: 445

Hoofdauteur: James C. Scott

Tweede Auteur: Scott, James

Hoofduitgeverij: Yale University Press

Editie: New ed

Product breedte: 155 mm

Product hoogte: 30 mm

Product lengte: 235 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm

EAN: 9780300070163

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