James C. Scott

James C. Scott

James C. Scott's most popular book is Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed with 222 saves and an average rating of 4.07.

Author Bio

American political scientist and anthropologist

Wikipedia

Authorship percentage indicates primary author status - excluding introductions, forewards and other contributions.

Series

12 released books

Authored 23% of series

Yale Agrarian Studies Series

Yale Agrarian Studies Series is a 12-book series with 12 released primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by James C. Scott, Brian Donahue, and Steve Striffler.

Agrarian Studies: Synthetic Work at the Cutting Edge
Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America's Favorite Food
The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia
Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice

Series

6 released books

Authored 17% of series

The Institution for Social and Policy Studies

The Institution for Social and Policy Studies is a 6-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by James C. Scott, Robert E. Lane, and Charles E. Lindblom.

Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies
The Market System
Electoral Realignments: A Critique of an American Genre
City: Urbanism and Its End