Seeing Like a State How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed |
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| Author:
| Scott, James C. |
| Series title: | Yale Agrarian Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-07016-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1998 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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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 20th 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?
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 20th 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?