ERIK MARTINEZ KUHONTA Department of Political Science McGill University 855 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T7, Canada Tel: 514-398-7430 Email: erik.kuhonta@mcgill.ca Employment January 2005 Present McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science Member, Institute for the Study of International Development Education September 1997 2003 August 1999 May 2000 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Ph.D., M.A., November 2003 Dissertation: The Political Foundations of Equitable Development: State and Party Formation in Malaysia and Thailand Chair: Atul Kohli Nominated for the Gabriel Almond Prize of the American Political Science Association Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Exchange Scholar in the Southeast Asia Program September 1991 May 1995 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA B.A., Magna Cum Laude, May 1995 Honors Thesis: An Analysis of the Relationship between Economic Development and Democracy: A Comparative Study of Meiji Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore Received the Leo S. Rowe Memorial Prize for an Outstanding Honors Thesis in Comparative and International Politics Language and Methods Institutes January 2002 June August 1998 Institute for Qualitative Research Methods Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (Thai) University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1
Research Interests Comparative Politics and Southeast Asian Politics (1) Political Economy of Development, especially Inequality (2) Political Institutions, especially States and Political Parties (3) Democracy and Democratization (4) Qualitative Methods and Comparative-Historical Analysis Teaching Theories of the State (undergraduate honors seminar) Inequality and Development (undergraduate lecture) Southeast Asian Politics (graduate seminar and undergraduate lecture) Qualitative Analysis (graduate seminar) Development Studies Seminar (M.A. seminar for the Development Studies Option offered by the Institute for the Study of International Development) Refereed Publications: Books Forthcoming, 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. Reexamining Party System Institutionalization through Asian Lenses. (with Allen Hicken) Comparative Political Studies 44, 7 (July). Forthcoming, 2011. Organized Resistance amidst Weak Institutions: The Politics of the Pak Mun Dam. Critical Asian Studies 42, 2 (June). 2010. Roundtable on Southeast Asia in Political Science. 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. The Paradox of Thailand s 1997 People s Constitution : Be Careful What You Wish For. Asian Survey 48, 3 (May/June): 373-392. 2006. Walking a Tightrope: Democracy versus Sovereignty in ASEAN s Illiberal Peace. 2
Pacific Review 19, 3 (September): 337-358. 2006. Thaksin Triumphant: The Implications of One-Party Dominance. (with Alex M. Mutebi) Asian Affairs 33, 1 (Spring): 39-51. 2004. United States Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia: The Imperative of Institutions. Harvard Asia Quarterly (Fall): 4-11. 2003. The Political Economy of Equitable Development in Thailand. American Asian Review 21, 4 (Winter): 69-108. Refereed Publications: Book Chapters 2009. Development and its Discontents: The Case of the Pak Mun Dam in Northeastern Thailand. In Dominique Caouette and Sarah Turner, eds., Agrarian Angst and Rural Resistance in Contemporary Southeast Asia (London: Routledge), 135-158. 2008. Toward Responsible Sovereignty: The Case for Intervention. 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. Introduction: The Contributions of Southeast Asian Political Studies to Political Science. (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. Studying States in Southeast Asia. In Kuhonta, Slater, and Vu, eds., Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis (Stanford: Stanford University Press), 30-54. 2008. Conclusion: Southeast Asia s Place in Political Science. (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 Dominant Parties and Social Welfare: A Comparative Analysis of Malaysia s BN/UMNO and Thailand s Thai Rak Thai. Revise and Resubmit at Comparative Politics. Cycles of Reform and Counterreaction: Struggling for Equity in Thailand s Democratic Regimes. Was Thaksin a Populist? Assessing Thailand s Pro-Poor Policies. Structural Constraints versus Genetic Properties: An Analysis of Contrasting Ontology in the State Formation Literature. 3
Is the Middle Class a Harbinger of Democracy? Evidence from Southeast Asia. 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 Forthcoming, 2010. Democratic Developments in Indonesia. Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies Newsletter Vol. 9, No.1 (Fall). [This is a symposium based on a public roundtable I organized at McGill in March 2010. The symposium includes articles by four authors, which I briefly introduce.] 2010. Thailand Unravelling. The Gazette. 19 May. 2009. What to Read on Thai Politics. Foreign Affairs. Online 7 July. 2008. A Research Note on the Middle Class and Democracy in Thailand. Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies Newsletter Vol. 8, No. 2 (Fall): 4-6. 2008. History Offers Window into Junta s Motivations. Embassy: Canada s Foreign Policy Newsweekly, 28 May. 2007. What Can Be Done about Burma. Embassy: Canada s Foreign Policy Newsweekly, 3 October, p.1. 2006. The Coup in Thailand: On the Origins of the September 19 th Events. Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies Newsletter Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall): 6-9. 2006. Constitution at the Heart of Thai Coup. Asia Times Online, 6 October. Book Reviews Forthcoming, 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). Forthcoming, 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. 4
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. Academic Honors and Fellowships 2009. Visiting Fellow, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University 2009. Visiting Fellow, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai i 2007. Excellence in Teaching Award from the Political Science Undergraduate Students Association, McGill University 2004. Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore 2004. Dissertation nominated by Princeton University for the Gabriel Almond Prize of the American Political Science Association for Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics 2003-04. Shorenstein Fellow, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University 2002-03. Woodrow Wilson Scholars Fellowship, Princeton University 2002. Marion Levy East Asian Studies Fellowship, Princeton University (declined) 2001-02. MacArthur PreDoctoral Fellow, Center of International Studies, Princeton University 2000. Distinction in the General Exams, Princeton University 1995. Magna Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania 5
1995. Distinction in Political Science, University of Pennsylvania 1995. Leo S. Rowe Memorial Prize for an Outstanding Honors Thesis in Comparative and International Politics, University of Pennsylvania 1993-95. Dean s List, University of Pennsylvania Grants 2010-12. Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Research Development Initiatives for project on The Middle Class and Democracy in Thailand, $40,000 2010. Faculty of Arts Dean s Fund and Department of Political Science, Lecture Series on Qualitative Methods and Social Theory Co-Applicant, $3,000 2009. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore (ISEAS), Workshop Grant for project on Party and Party System Institutionalization in Asia Co-Applicant, US $7,000 2009. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Workshop Grant for project on Party and Party System Institutionalization in Asia, $18,500 2009. Department of Political Science, McGill University, Grant for Book Workshop on The Politics of Equitable Development in Southeast Asia: The Institutional Imperative, $4,000 2007-08. Concordia University Seed Grant (with Amy Poteete, Csaba Nikolenyi, and Jean Francois Mayer) for Dominant Parties Project, $15,000 2007-. McGill Indonesia Project (through Canadian International Development Agency) for Southeast Asia Lecture Series, $10,000 2006-09. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Standard Research Grant for project on The Origins of Party Institutionalization in Southeast Asia, $92,641 2006-09. Fonds de Recherche sur la Société et la Culture (FQRSC, Quebec), Etablissement de Nouveaux Professeurs-Chercheurs for project on The Origins of Party Institutionalization in Indonesia, $39,600 2005-06. Arts Faculty, McGill University, for Southeast Asia Lecture Series, $2,000 2001-02. Graduate School, for fieldwork research, Princeton University 2001. Center for Migration and Development, for fieldwork research, Princeton University 6
2000, 2002. Center of International Studies, for fieldwork research, Princeton University 1998, 2001. Council on Regional Studies, for fieldwork research and language study, Princeton University 1998-99, 2001. Department of Politics, for fieldwork research and language study, Princeton University 1997-01. Graduate Fellowship, Princeton University Invited Talks 2010. Is the Middle Class a Harbinger of Democracy? Evidence from Southeast Asia University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1 February 2009. Is the Middle Class a Harbinger of Democracy? Evidence from Southeast Asia Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 5 December 2009. Cycles of Reform and Counterreaction: Struggling for Equity in Thailand s Democratic Regimes Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 29 October 2009. Is the Middle Class a Harbinger of Democracy? Evidence from Southeast Asia East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai i, 28 April 2008. Is the Middle Class a Harbinger of Democracy? Evidence from Southeast Asia High Commission of Canada, Singapore, 15 December 2008. Democracy versus Sovereignty in ASEAN s Illiberal Peace University of Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, 11 December 2008. Is the Middle Class a Harbinger of Democracy? Evidence from Southeast Asia State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 10 December 2008. Democracy versus Sovereignty in ASEAN s Illiberal Peace Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 9 December 2008. Democracy versus Sovereignty in ASEAN s Illiberal Peace Muhammadiyah University of Jakarta, Indonesia, 5 December 2008. Is the Middle Class a Harbinger of Democracy? Evidence from Southeast Asia State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, Indonesia, 4 December 2008. Democracy versus Sovereignty in ASEAN s Illiberal Peace University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, 3 December 7
2006. The Political Foundations of Equitable Development in Malaysia and Thailand Université de Montréal, 16 November 2006. The Political Foundations of Equitable Development in Malaysia and Thailand Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 12 April 2004 Isan and its Discontent: The Politics of the Pak Mun Dam Burma-Thailand Study Group, National University of Singapore, 5 November 2004. The Political Foundations of Equitable Development: State and Party Formation in Malaysia and Thailand Workshop in Comparative and Historical Analysis, Department of Political Science, Stanford University, 19 April 2004. The Political Foundations of Equitable Development: State and Party Formation in Malaysia and Thailand Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, University of California-Santa Cruz, 4 February 2003. Sovereignty or Suu Kyi? ASEAN s Burma Dilemma Southeast Asia Forum, Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, 7 October Conference, Workshop, and Roundtable Participation 2010. Party Institutionalization and Social Cleavages in Southeast Asia: A Reexamination of the Lipset-Rokkan Thesis Workshop on Political Parties in Developing Countries Princeton University, 30 April 1 May 2010. Is the Middle Class a Harbinger of Democracy? Evidence from Southeast Asia Association for Asian Studies, Philadelphia, 25-28 March 2009. Discussant for Panel on Governance and Reform in the Philippines Symposium on Designing Governance for Civil Society Keio University, 22 November 2009. Southeast Asia in Political Science Conference on Region and Regional Perspectives on Southeast Asia Kyoto University, 11 September 2009. Party System Institutionalization and Social Cleavages in Thailand Workshop on Party and Party System Institutionalization McGill University, 27-28 August 8
2009. Discussant for Keynote Lecture by James C. Scott of Yale University Canadian Political Science Association, Ottawa, 27-29 May 2009. Party Institutionalization and Social Cleavages in Southeast Asia: A Reexamination of the Lipset-Rokkan Thesis [also discussant on the same panel for a paper by Scott Mainwaring] Canadian Political Science Association, Ottawa, 27-29 May 2009. The Politics of Equitable Development in Southeast Asia: The Institutional Imperative Book Workshop McGill University, 16 May 2009. Cycles of Social Reform and Counterreaction: Struggling for Equity in Thailand s Democratic Regimes Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, 26-29 March 2009. Southeast Asia in Political Science Roundtable on Area Studies and Political Science: The Case of Southeast Asia Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai i at Manoa, 27 February 2009. The Case for Democracy in ASEAN International Studies Association, New York City, 15-18 February 2008. Dominant Parties and Social Welfare: A Comparison of Malaysia s UMNO and Thailand s Thai Rak Thai American Political Science Association, Boston, 28-31 August 2008. Comparison of Natural Disasters in China and Burma Panel on China Earthquake, Montreal, 21 June 2008. Dominant Parties and Social Welfare: A Comparison of Malaysia s UMNO and Thailand s Thai Rak Thai Canadian Political Science Association, Vancouver, 3-6 June 2008. Southeast Asia in Political Science Association for Asian Studies, Atlanta, 28-30 March 2007. Comparative Historical Analysis Roundtable on Methods in Political Science McGill University, 16 November 2007. Structural Constraints versus Genetic Properties: An Analysis of Contrasting Ontology in the State Formation Literature Organizer of panel on Where History Meets Political Science American Political Science Association, Chicago, 30 August-2 September 9
2007. Reconceptualizing Party Institutionalization through Asian Lenses (with Allen Hicken) American Political Science Association, Chicago, 30 August-2 September 2007. Be Careful What You Wish For: The Paradox of the 1997 Thai Constitution Organizer of panel on The State of Democracy in Southeast Asia Association for Asian Studies, Boston, 22-25 March 2007. U.S. Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia Roundtable on Global War against Terror across the Globe McGill University, 31 January 2006. The Coup in Thailand: On the Origins of the September 19 th Events Roundtable on Thailand s Bloodless Coup Munk Center, University of Toronto, 12 October 2006. Chair of panel at Breaking Down Walls: New Directions in Development Studies Conference Centre for Developing Area Studies, McGill University, 6-7 October 2006. Be Careful What You Wish For: The Paradox of the 1997 Thai Constitution Organizer of panel on The State of Democracy in Southeast Asia American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 31 August-3 September 2006. Thaksin s Pro-Poor Populist Policies: Rhetoric or Reality? American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 31 August-3 September 2006. Thaksin s Pro-Poor Populist Policies: Rhetoric or Reality? International Political Science Association, Fukuoka, Japan, 9-13 July 2006. Chair of panel at Learning to Lose Conference University of Toronto, 31 March-1 April 2006. Party Formation and Social Cleavages in Southeast Asia: A Reexamination of the Lipset- Rokkan Thesis Conference on Citizenship and Representation in Comparative Perspective Concordia University, Montreal, 9-10 February 2005. Institutional Formation and Equitable Development in Malaysia American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 1-4 September 2005. The Political Foundations of Equitable Development in Southeast Asia Canadian Council of Area Studies Learned Societies, Montreal, 27 April-1 May 2005. Discussant for panel on Political Parties and Elections in the Thaksin Era at the International Conference on Thai Studies, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 3-6 April 10
2005. Thaksin s Pro-Poor Populist Policies: Rhetoric or Reality? International Conference on Thai Studies, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 3-6 April 2005. The Political Foundations of Equitable Development in Southeast Asia Organizer and chair of panel on Comparative Perspectives on Inequality in Asia Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, 31 March-3 April 2004. Discussant and chair for several panels at Workshop on Political Parties and Elections in Southeast Asia Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 9-10 December 2004. Southeast Asia in Political Science Roundtable on Southeast Asia in Political Science Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 16 November 2004. The Political Foundations of Equitable Development in Southeast Asia In the Beginning Seminar Series Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 7 October 2004. States in Southeast Asia Workshop on Southeast Asia in Political Science Southeast Asia Forum, Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, 18-19 June 2004. The Political Foundations of Equitable Development: State and Party Formation in Malaysia Organizer of panel on Visions of the Malaysian State: Transnational, Domestic, and Local Perspectives Association for Asian Studies, San Diego, 4-7 March 2003. The Political Foundations of Equitable Development in Malaysia and Thailand: A Comparative Historical Analysis American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 28-31 August 2003. The Makings of an Illiberal Peace: ASEAN and the Evolution of a Security Community International Studies Association, Portland, 25 February-1 March 2002. The Politics of Equitable Development in Malaysia Organizer of panel on State-Society Relations in Southeast Asia American Political Science Association, Boston, 29 August-1 September 2002. The Makings of an Illiberal Peace: ASEAN and the Evolution of a Security Community International Studies Association, New Orleans, 24-27 March 2002. The Persistence of the State in Thai Politics: A Study of the Pak Mun Dam Conference on Continuity and Conflict in Southeast Asia 11
Yale University, 1-3 March 2001. Democracy and Social Welfare in Thailand American Political Science Association, San Francisco, 30 August-2 September 2001. Democracy and Social Welfare in Thailand Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, 22-25 March 2001. The Makings of an Illiberal Peace: ASEAN and the Evolution of a Security Community American Political Science Association, San Francisco, 30 August-2 September 2001. The Makings of an Illiberal Peace: ASEAN and the Evolution of a Security Community Comparative Interdisciplinary Section of the International Studies Association Heidelberg, Germany, 25-26 June 2000. The Politics of Policy Implementation in Southeast Asia International Workshop for Political Science Ph.D. Students Working on Southeast Asia Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego, 12-13 May 1999. ASEAN and Preventive Diplomacy: Lessons from Sabah, Cambodia, and the Spratly Islands Regional Peace Studies Conference, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 13 November Workshops, Roundtables Organized 2010. Roundtable on Democratic Developments in Indonesia McGill University, 18 March 4 speakers; 30 attendees 2009. Workshop on Party and Party System Institutionalization in Asia McGill University, 27-28 August 26 participants 2009. Book Workshop on The Politics of Equitable Development in Southeast Asia: The Institutional Imperative McGill University, 16 May 12 participants 2004. Roundtable on Southeast Asia in Political Science Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 16 November 2004. Workshop on Southeast Asia in Political Science Walter Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, 18-19 June 12
30 participants Professional Service 2010-. International Development Studies Program Committee, Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University 2010-. Field Coordinator for Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science, McGill University 2010. Search Committee, East Asian Studies Chair, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University 2009-. Chair, Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei Studies Group, Association for Asian Studies 2008-. Advisory Board, End Poverty Now, Montreal 2007-08. Search Committee, Chinese Politics, Department of Political Science, McGill University 2006-. Speakers Series Committee, Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University 2006-08. Graduate Committee, Department of Political Science McGill University 2006-07. Search Committee, Modern Chinese History, Department of History, McGill University 2006-07. Search Committee, International Relations, Department of Political Science, McGill University 2006-. Founder and Convener, Southeast Asia Lecture Series, McGill University 2006-. Founder and Convener, Southeast Asia Graduate Workshop, McGill University 2005-. Advisory Board, McGill International Review 2005-07. Awards Committee, Faculty of Arts, McGill University 2005-06. Search Committee, Tomlinson Chair in Political Theory, Department of Political Science, McGill University 2005-06. Minors Advisor, Department of Political Science, McGill University 2001-03. Founder and Convener, Southeast Asia Lecture Series, Princeton University Raised $18,000 in two years; invited fourteen speakers from the United States, Asia, and Australia 13
Member of American Political Science Association (Comparative Politics, Qualitative Methods, Politics and History, Democratization sections), Association for Asian Studies, Canadian Political Science Association Referee World Politics, Perspectives on Politics, Canadian Journal of Political Science, International Political Science Review, Socioeconomic Review, Asian Survey, Journal of East Asian Studies, Critical Asian Studies, Asian Affairs, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies, Policy Studies, Lynne Rienner, Hong Kong Research Grants Council Languages Italian native French speaking, reading, and writing: intermediate Thai speaking and reading: intermediate Tagalog speaking and reading: intermediate Research, Teaching, Residence Abroad Fieldwork research in Thailand: June 2000-June 2001, December 2001, June 2003, July-August 2006, July-August 2008, December 2008, June 2009, December 2009 Fieldwork research in Malaysia: July-August 2001, July-August 2002, June-July 2006 Fieldwork research in the Philippines: January 2001, May 2004, June 2006 Lecture series in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya, Indonesia: December 2008 Workshop in Banda Aceh, Indonesia: June 2009 Born in Kandy, Sri Lanka Citizen of the Philippines Permanent Resident of Canada Former Resident of Rome, Italy for 16 years 14