u003cpu003e"One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades."--John Gray, New York Times Book Reviewu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbru003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eHailed 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.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbru003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003e"Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit."--New Yorkeru003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbru003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003e"A tour de force."-- Charles Tilly, Columbia Universityu003c/pu003e
