Seeing like a state: (Record no. 37292)

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fixed length control field 00721cam a2200157 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0300070160 (hbk.):
Terms of availability 35.00 US$
100 #1 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name SCOTT James C
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Seeing like a state:
Remainder of title how certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Haven, Conn.:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Yale Univ Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1998
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 464p.
520 #3 - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Analyses failed cases of large scale authoritarian planning in a variety of fields. Argues that centrally managed social plans will self destruct when they attempt to impose Utopian visions which are at odds with the complex interdependencies of real societies.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element AUTHORITARIANISM
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element CENTRAL PLANNING
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element SOCIAL ENGINEERING
945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC)
i 0007006
r Y
s Y
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Copy number Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Mindef Library & Info Centre Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf 18/08/1998 1 338.9 SCO 0007006 22/10/2014 1 03/01/2024 Book