James C. Scott
American political scientist and anthropologist (born 1936) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James C. Scott (born December 2, 1936)[2] is an American political scientist and anthropologist specializing in comparative politics. He is a comparative scholar of agrarian and non-state societies, subaltern politics, and anarchism. His primary research has centered on peasants of Southeast Asia and their strategies of resistance to various forms of domination.[3] The New York Times described his research as "highly influential and idiosyncratic".[4]
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Born | (1936-12-02) December 2, 1936 (age 87) |
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Fields | Political science, anthropology |
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Doctoral students | Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan Ben Kerkvliet Melissa Nobles Erik Ringmar Eric Tagliacozzo |
Scott received his bachelor's degree from Williams College and his MA and PhD in political science from Yale. He taught at the University of Wisconsin–Madison until 1976 and then at Yale, where he is Sterling Professor of Political Science. Since 1991 he has directed Yale's Program in Agrarian Studies.[5] He lives in Durham, Connecticut.[3][6]