Author

Books by James C. Scott

James C. Scott is Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University, where he has taught since 1976. He is the founder of Yale's Agrarian Studies program. His other books include Weapons of the Weak, Domination and the Arts of Resistance, The Art of Not Being Governed, and Against the Grain. Scott's work draws on anthropology, history, and political science, with a particular focus on peasant politics and resistance to state power. He is widely considered one of the most important political scientists of the past half century.