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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.
James Scott is a Sterling Professor of Political Science and Professor of Anthropology at Yale University. He studies political economy, agrarian societies, resistance, Southeast Asia, and anarchism.
James Scott (born 14 January 1979) [2] is a British former actor from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He is best known for playing EJ DiMera on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives and Ethan Cambias on the ABC soap opera All My Children .
In this wide-ranging and original book, James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields. He argues that centrally managed social plans derail when they impose schematic visions that do violence to complex interdependencies that are not -- and cannot be -- fully understood.
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May 8, 2023 · Learn about the life and career of James C. Scott, a renowned scholar in political science, anthropology and environmental studies. The documentary features interviews with Scott and his colleagues at Yale and UC Berkeley.
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Jun 20, 2018 · Political scientist and anarchist thinker James C. Scott discusses his work on subaltern groups, social movements and hidden transcripts in an interview with French academics. He argues that anarchism is a praxis of politics, conflict debate and uncertainty, and that centralised revolutions often replicate State oppression.
A chapter that reviews James Scott's book Seeing Like a State, which argues that states simplify and organize their domains in ways that run roughshod over local, practical knowledge. The chapter also explores the methodological and normative implications of Scott's work for political theory.
