James C.Scott Books
The moral economy of the peasant: Rebellion and subsistence in Southeast Asia
"James C. Scott places the critical problem of the peasant household -- subsistence -- at the center of this study. The fear of food shortages, he argues persuasively, explains many otherwise puzzl...
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
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 the...
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