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Seeing Like a State How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott

 
PRICE: £10.95
ISBN: 0300078153
ISBN-13: 9780300078152
PUB DATE: 09 Mar 1999
FORMAT: Paperback
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DESCRIPTION:
An analysis of diverse failures in high-modernist, authoritarian state planning. It covers projects such as collectivization in Russia and the building of Brasilia, arguing that any centrally-managed social plan must recognize the importance of local customs and practical knowledge.

SUBJECT CLASSIFICATIONS:
Central government policies
Constitution: government & the state
Social welfare & social services

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Illustrations: 36 illustrations
Number of Pages: 460
Dewey: 320.6