Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (The Institution for Social and Policy St)
By James C. Scott
"Seeing Like a State" is published by Yale University Press in February 8, 1999, it has 464 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Seeing Like a State” Metadata:
- Title: Seeing Like a State
- Author: James C. Scott
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 464
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publish Date: February 8, 1999
“Seeing Like a State” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Central planning - Social engineering - Social aspects of Central planning - Social aspects - Authoritarianism - Long Now Manual for Civilization - Economic assistance, domestic - Social problems - Human services - State, the - POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Economic Policy - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Government & Business - Development - Economic Development - Business Development - Structural Adjustment - General - Pays en développement - Pays de l'Est - Economie dirigée - Régimes totalitaires - Aspects sociaux - Autoritarisme - Planeconomie - Utopieën - Maatschappijverbetering - PLANEJAMENTO ECONÔMICO (ASPECTOS SOCIAIS) - AUTORITARISMO (SISTEMAS DE GOVERNO) - ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURAL E SOCIAL - PLANEJAMENTO TERRITORIAL (AVALIAÇÃO) - Planification économique - Aspect social - Ingénierie sociale
- People: V. I. Lenin - Jules Nyerere - Le Corbusier - Baron Haussmann
- Places: Tanzania - Soviet Russia - Brasilia
Edition Specifications:
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 1.4 pounds
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL9626676M - OL26241985W
- ISBN-13: 9780300078152
- ISBN-10: 0300078153
- All ISBNs: 0300078153 - 9780300078152
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"Seeing Like a State" Table Of Contents:
- 1- STATE PROJECTS OF LEGIBILITY AND SIMPLIFICATION
- 2- Nature and Space
- 3- Cities, People, and Language
- 4- TRANSFORMING VISIONS
- 5- Authoritarian High Modernism
- 6- The High-Modernist City: An Experiment and a Critique
- 7- The Revolutionary Party: A Plan and a Diagnosis
- 8- THE SOCIAL ENGINEERING OF RURAL SETTLEMENT AND PRODUCTION
- 9- Soviet Collectivization, Capitalist Dreams
- 10- Compulsory Villagization in Tanzania: Aesthetics and Miniaturization
- 11- Taming Nature: An Agriculture of Legibility and Simplicity
- 12- THE MISSING LINK
- 13- Thin Simplifications and Practical Knowledge: Métis
- 14- Conclusion
Snippets and Summary:
Certain forms of knowledge and control require a narrowing of vision.
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