Ian Shapiro is a Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University and former Henry R. Luce Director of the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. In this interview, Shapiro discusses the unique aspects of the Agrarian Studies Program; the decision process of which programs the MacMillan supports and how Agrarian Studies fit that criteria; as well as recollections of James C. Scott and the benefits of the Agrarian Studies Program to the disciplines such as political science.
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Ian Shapiro: Reflections on James C. Scott and the Program in Agrarian Studies at Yale University
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Ian Shapiro, "Ian Shapiro: Reflections on James C. Scott and the Program in Agrarian Studies at Yale University" conducted by Todd Holmes in 2019, Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2021. Interview date(s) 2018
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