Seeing Like a State

by James C Scott

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The state has always been an enemy of nomads and pastoralists, as it has always sought to sedentarize them and make them legible. The more I examined these efforts at sedentarization, the more I realized that legibility is a fundamental problem in statecraft. #2 The state has always been an enemy of nomads and pastoralists, as it has sought to sedentarize them and make them legible. The more I examined the...