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James C. Scott was an American political scientist and anthropologist specializing in comparative politics. He was a comparative scholar of agrarian and non-state societies, subaltern politics, and anarchism.

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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

By: James C. Scott
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
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Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

By: James C. Scott
Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity and Meaningful Work and Play
Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity and Meaningful Work and Play
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Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity and Meaningful Work and Play

By: James C. Scott
The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
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The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)

By: James C. Scott
Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts
Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts
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Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts

By: James C. Scott
Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance
Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance
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Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance

By: James C. Scott
The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia
The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia
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The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia

By: James C. Scott
In Praise of Floods: The Untamed River and the Life It Brings (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
In Praise of Floods: The Untamed River and the Life It Brings (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
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In Praise of Floods: The Untamed River and the Life It Brings (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)

By: James C. Scott
Decoding Subaltern Politics: Ideology, Disguise, and Resistance in Agrarian Politics
Decoding Subaltern Politics: Ideology, Disguise, and Resistance in Agrarian Politics
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Decoding Subaltern Politics: Ideology, Disguise, and Resistance in Agrarian Politics

By: James C. Scott
Comparative political corruption (Prentice-Hall contemporary comparative politics series)
Comparative political corruption (Prentice-Hall contemporary comparative politics series)
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Comparative political corruption (Prentice-Hall contemporary comparative politics series)

By: James C. Scott