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DisputedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0619 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Seeing like a state (legibility and high modernism) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Tania Murray Li criticised Scott's framework for picturing an all-seeing state 'up there', neglecting non-state actors that govern, the broader rationality of improvement, and the contradictory effects of schemes that fail.”

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