Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed/ (Record no. 4916)
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| control field | 4916 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780300078152 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Scott, James C. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7089 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | James C. Scott |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Yale University Press; |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1998 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 445p; |
| Dimensions | 21x13cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, collectivization in Russia, Le Corbusier’s urban planning theory realized in Brasília, 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. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | NA9000-9428 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying |
| 9 (RLIN) | 2889 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | State housing |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7090 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Urban planning |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1710 |
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| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Architecture | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | 02/17/2025 | SB16- Reading rooms- Requested by Moza Al Mazrouei | JC11-605 191.254 | 4916 | 02/17/2025 | 02/17/2025 | Book | |||||
| Architecture | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | 02/17/2025 | SB16- Reading rooms- Requested by Moza Al Mazrouei | JC11-605 191.254 | 02/17/2025 | 02/17/2025 | Book |