About “Seeing Like a State”

This book examines how forms of authoritarian, or quasi-authoritarian, central planning fail to deliver their intended benefits, whether measured in increased resources for the state or an improved life for ordinary people.

Book details

First published
1998
Latest edition
1998 · ISBN 9781281729132
Pages
462

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Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott has 462 pages.