Tania Murray Li, "The Will to Improve: Governmentality, Development, and the Practice of Politics", Introduction, Duke University Press, 2007.

The Will to Improve is a remarkable account of development in action. Focusing on attempts to improve landscapes and livelihoods in Indonesia, Tania Murray Li carefully exposes the practices that enable experts to diagnose problems and devise interventions, and the agency of people whose conduct is targeted for reform.