If the environment can be simplified down to the point wher… - James C. Scott

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If the environment can be simplified down to the point where the rules do explain a great deal, those who formulate the rules and techniques have also greatly expanded their power. They have, correspondingly, diminished the power of those who do not.

James C. Scott

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James C. Scott (December 2, 1936 – July 19, 2024) 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. His primary research centered on peasants of Southeast Asia and their strategies of resistance to various forms of domination.

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