Staff: Visiting Research Fellows
 Eric Precioso Martinez Kuhonta
Visiting Research Fellow
(Term: Septemper. 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009)
Area Studies I
Research Interests
My main research interests are in comparative politics, political development,
and political economy of development. I am especially interested in questions
of state formation, political parties, inequality, and democracy, with
a focus on Southeast Asia. My first book, The Politics of Equitable Development
in Southeast Asia: The Institutional Imperative (under contract with Stanford
University Press), examines the relationship between inequality and political
institutions. At Kyoto, I plan to work on a manuscript entitled "The
Middle Class and Democracy in Southeast Asia." This project argues
that the middle class is not a natural supporter of democracy as modernization
theory claims. The middle class supports democracy only when its economic
and political interests are met. This in turn has to do with whether the
state addresses those interests. The project focuses on three countries
in Southeast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore - which exhibit variation
in terms of the relationship between the middle class and democracy.
Academic Career
- I am currently assistant professor of political science at McGill University
in Montreal, Canada. I have held fellowships at the Walter Shorenstein
Asia/Pacific Research Center of Stanford University, the Asia Research
Institute of the National University of Singapore, and the East-West Center
in Honolulu, Hawai'i. I received my Ph.D. from Princeton University in
2003 and my B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania
in 1995.
Publications
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- Books:
- 2008. Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative
Analysis. (editor with Dan Slater and Tuong Vu) (Stanford: Stanford University
Press).
- Articles:
- Forthcoming, 2011. "Reexamining Party System Institutionalization
through Asian Lenses." (with Allen Hicken) Comparative Political Studies
44, 7 (July).
- Forthcoming. “On the Margins of Development: The Politics of the Pak Mun
Dam.” Critical Asian Studies.
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.” 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.
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