Seeing Like a State

"One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades." —John Gray, New York Times Book Review

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.

"Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit." —New Yorker

"A tour de force." —Charles Tilly, Columbia University

„Unul dintre cele mai profunde si iluminante studii din acest secol care a fost publicat in ultimele decenii”. —John Grey, New York Times Book Review Salutat ca „o critica magistrala a planificarii sociale de sus in jos” de catre New York Times, aceasta lucrare esentiala analizeaza dezastrele din Rusia pana in Tanzania pentru a descoperi de ce statele esueaza atat de des - uneori catastrofal - in eforturi mari pentru a-si proiecta societatea sau mediul inconjurator si descopera conditiile comune tuturor acestor dezastre de planificare. "Frumos scrisa, aceasta carte atrage atentia asupra naturii lumii in care locuim acum". —New Yorker "Un tur de forta". —Charles Tilly, Universitatea Columbia