Seeing Like a State
James C. Scott
Non-Fiction / History
Seeing Like a State
by James C. Scott
—· 454 p· 1998
philosophicalreflective
Overview
About
Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian central planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased resources for the state or a better life for the people.
Pages
454
Yale University Press
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
5/5
Profound
Rating
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Reader feel
Argumentative Rigor10
Historical Case Studies9
Prose8
Narration8
Worldbuilding6
Pacing6
Emotional depth4
Plot twists2
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