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"Hailed as 'a magisterial critique of top-down social planning' by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail--sometimes catastrophically--in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scott, James C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2020.
Edición:Veritas paperbacks edition.
Temas:
Central planning > Social aspects.
Social engineering.
Authoritarianism.
Authoritarianism
Planification impérative > Aspect social.
Ingénierie sociale.
Autoritarisme.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Central planning > Social aspects
Social engineering
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Hailed as 'a magisterial critique of top-down social planning' by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail--sometimes catastrophically--in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters."--Provided by publisher
Notas:"A Veritas paperback."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 445 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780300252989
0300252986
0300246757
9780300246759

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