Erik Martinez Kuhonta
Associate Professor
PhD, Princeton University
Comparative Politics and Southeast Asian Politics
Political Economy of Development and Inequality
Political Institutions, especially States and Political Parties
Democracy and Democratization
Religion and Politics
Qualitative Methods, Comparative-Historical Analysis, Social Theory
- Refereed Publications: Books
- Refereed Publications: Journal Articles
- Refereed Publications: Book Chapters
- Work in Progress
- Commentary, Short Articles
- Book Reviews
Refereed Publications: Books
2011. The Institutional Imperative: The Politics of Equitable Development in Southeast Asia (Stanford: Stanford University Press).
2008. Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis. (editor with Dan Slater and Tuong Vu) (Stanford: Stanford University Press; in the East-West Center Series on Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific). [reviewed in 6 journals; symposium in 1 journal]
Refereed Publications: Journal Articles
Forthcoming, 2011. 鈥淪hadows of the Past: Party System Institutionalization in Asia.鈥 (with Allen Hicken) Comparative Political Studies 44, 7 (July).
Forthcoming, 2011. 鈥淥rganized Resistance amidst Weak Institutions: The Politics of the Pak Mun Dam.鈥 Critical Asian Studies 42, 2 (June).
2010. 鈥淩oundtable on Southeast Asia in Political Science.鈥 Journal of East Asian Studies 10, 2 (June): 171-208. [This is a roundtable on my co-edited book, in which four political scientists critique the book, and the three co-editors then respond.]
2008. 鈥淭he Paradox of Thailand鈥檚 1997 鈥楶eople鈥檚 Constitution鈥: Be Careful What You Wish For.鈥 Asian Survey 48, 3 (May/June): 373-392.
2006. 鈥淲alking a Tightrope: Democracy versus Sovereignty in ASEAN鈥檚 Illiberal Peace.鈥 Pacific Review 19, 3 (September): 337-358.
2006. 鈥淭haksin Triumphant: The Implications of One-Party Dominance.鈥 (with Alex M. Mutebi) Asian Affairs 33, 1 (Spring): 39-51.
2004. 鈥淯nited States Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia: The Imperative of Institutions.鈥 Harvard Asia Quarterly (Fall): 4-11.
2003. 鈥淭he Political Economy of Equitable Development in Thailand.鈥 American Asian Review 21, 4 (Winter): 69-108.
Refereed Publications: Book Chapters
2009. 鈥淒evelopment and its Discontents: The Case of the Pak Mun Dam in Northeastern Thailand.鈥 In Dominique Caouette and Sarah Turner, eds., Agrarian Angst and Rural Resistance in Contemporary Southeast Asia (London: Routledge), 135-158.
2008. 鈥淭oward Responsible Sovereignty: The Case for Intervention.鈥 In Donald K. Emmerson, ed., Hard Choices: Security, Regionalism, and Democracy in Southeast Asia (Stanford: Walter Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University), 292-313.
2008. 鈥淚ntroduction: The Contributions of Southeast Asian Political Studies to Political Science.鈥 (with Dan Slater and Tuong Vu) In Kuhonta, Slater, and Vu, eds., Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis (Stanford: Stanford University Press), 1-29.
2008. 鈥淪tudying States in Southeast Asia.鈥 In Kuhonta, Slater, and Vu, eds., Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis (Stanford: Stanford University Press), 30-54.
2008. 鈥淐onclusion: Southeast Asia鈥檚 Place in Political Science.鈥 (with Dan Slater and Tuong Vu) In Kuhonta, Slater, and Vu, eds., Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis (Stanford: Stanford University Press), 325-331.
Work in Progress
鈥淒ominant Parties and Social Welfare: A Comparative Analysis of Malaysia鈥檚 BN/UMNO and Thailand鈥檚 Thai Rak Thai.鈥 Revise and Resubmit.
鈥淐ycles of Reform and Counterreaction: Struggling for Equity in Thailand鈥檚 Democratic Regimes.鈥
鈥淲as Thaksin a Populist? Assessing Thailand鈥檚 Pro-Poor Policies.鈥
鈥淪tructural Constraints versus Genetic Properties: An Analysis of Contrasting Ontology in the State Formation Literature.鈥
鈥淚s the Middle Class a Harbinger of Democracy? Evidence from Southeast Asia.鈥
Party and Party System Institutionalization in Asia. Edited book manuscript with Allen Hicken. To be submitted to academic presses in November 2010.
Commentary, Short Articles
2010. 鈥淒emocratic Developments in Indonesia.鈥 Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies Newsletter Vol. 9, No.1 (Fall). [This is a symposium based on a public roundtable I organized at 看片视频 in March 2010. The symposium includes articles by four authors, which I briefly introduce.]
2010. 鈥淭hailand Unravelling.鈥 The Gazette. 19 May.
2009. 鈥淲hat to Read on Thai Politics.鈥 Foreign Affairs. Online 7 July.
2008. 鈥淎 Research Note on the Middle Class and Democracy in Thailand.鈥 Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies Newsletter Vol. 8, No. 2 (Fall): 4-6.
2008. 鈥淗istory Offers Window into Junta鈥檚 Motivations.鈥 Embassy: Canada鈥檚 Foreign Policy Newsweekly, 28 May.
2007. 鈥淲hat Can Be Done about Burma.鈥 Embassy: Canada鈥檚 Foreign Policy Newsweekly, 3 October, p.1.
2006. 鈥淭he Coup in Thailand: On the Origins of the September 19th Events.鈥 Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies Newsletter Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall): 6-9.
2006. 鈥淐onstitution at the Heart of Thai Coup.鈥 Asia Times Online, 6 October.
Book Reviews
2010. Review of Benjamin Reilly and Per Nordlund, eds., Political Parties in Conflict-Prone Societies: Regulation, Engineering, and Democratic Development (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2008). Canadian Journal of Political Science (December).
2010. Review of Richard F. Doner, The Politics of Uneven Development: Thailand in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009). Perspectives on Politics (December).
2009. Review of Russell Dalton, Yun-Han Chu, Doh Chull Shin, eds., Party Politics in East Asia: Citizens, Elections, and Democratic Development (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2008). Party Politics 15, 5 (September): 658-660.
2008. Review of Roland Rich, Pacific Asia: In Quest of Democracy (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2007). Contemporary Southeast Asia 30, 3 (December): 482-484.
2006. Review of Duncan McCargo and Ukrist Pathmanand, The Thaksinization of Thailand (Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2005). International Affairs, 82, 2 (March): 409-410.
2005. Review of Bruce D. Missingham, The Assembly of the Poor in Thailand: From Local Struggles to National Protest Movement (Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2003). Journal of Contemporary Asia 35, 1: 128-129.
2004. Review of Meredith L. Weiss and Saliha Hassan, eds., Social Movements in Malaysia: From Moral Communities to NGOs (London: Routledge Curzon, 2003). Journal of Contemporary Asia 34, 2: 281-283.
2002. Review of Abdul Rahman Embong and Jurgen Rudolph, eds., Southeast Asia into the Twenty First Century: Crisis and Beyond (Bangi, Malaysia: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2000). Canadian Journal of Political Science 35, 4 (December): 943-944.
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