James C. Scott

James C. Scott
Scott in 2016
Born (1936-12-02) December 2, 1936 (age 87)
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical science, anthropology
Institutions
Doctoral studentsKalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan
Ben Kerkvliet
Melissa Nobles
Erik Ringmar
Eric Tagliacozzo

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]

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]

  1. ^ Munck, Gerardo L.; Snyder, Richard (2007). "Peasants, Power, and the Art of Resistance". Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8464-1.
  2. ^ "James C. SCOTT". Secretariat of the Fukuoka Prize Committee. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Schuessler, Jennifer (December 5, 2012). "James C. Scott: Farmer and Scholar of Anarchism". New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (December 4, 2012). "James C. Scott, Farmer and Scholar of Anarchism". The New York Times. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  5. ^ "Academic Prize 2010, Award Citation". Fukuoka Prize. 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  6. ^ Scott, James C. (March 26, 2009). "James Scott interviewed by Alan Macfarlane" (Interview: video). Vol. 1. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane. Cambridge, England. Retrieved November 26, 2014.

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