Good intentions state Why how failed projects to improve conditions human life 2 ed Blagimi namereniyami gosudarstva Pochemu i kak provalivalis proekty uluchsheniya usloviy chelovecheskoy zhizni 2 e izd

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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 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.