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About Staff： FY2007

OKAMOTO, Masaaki

  • Associate Professor
  • Division of Integrated Area Studies
  • LL. A in Comparative Politics, Kyoto University, 1994
    M. A. in Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, 1996

Current Research Interests

  1. Local politics
  2. Decentralization
  3. Privatized violence

Campaign poster showing candidates for the 2006 direct gubernatorial election in Banten province

My intellectual interest is how to understand local politics in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, where democratization and decentralization have brought about radical changes in local politics. I have done research for several years in Indonesia and am now tracing and describing the newly emerging local political pattern and structure in several provinces. I am interested, first, in how political actors try to seize and maintain political power at the local level. Second, the state overwhelmed society during the authoritarian Suharto era and its fall liquidated that state-society relationship. Each region now shows a unique state-society relationship, and I am analyzing their differences and similarities.
The main outputs of my research are articles on a politically ascendant violent group in Banten province and on the local politics of Gorontalo province, a comparative analysis of the local political structures of Banten and Gorontalo provinces, and an analysis of the impact of introducing direct elections for regional head in 2005.

Research Activities in 2007 Fiscal Year

Publication |  Joint Research Project |  Field Research |  Seminar/Symposium |  Database |  Academic Association |  Outside Activities | Award
Publications
  1. Okamoto Masaaki, 2007, Indonesianized Ocean, and Its Possible Diconstruction, In The Trust Building in the East Asian Sea. NIRA Report, pp.105-122
  1. Okamoto Masaaki, Analyzing the Present Times from the Regions, In the Era of Globalization 4, Birth of Entrepreneurial Goveronor in Indonesia. 2007.6.8, p.15
  1. Okamoto Masaaki, Analyzing the Present Times from the Regions, In the Era of Globalization 3, Mafia and Politics in Indonesia. 2007. 6. 1, p.11
  1. Okamoto Masaaki, 2007. Visiting Professor Shiraishi Takashi Awarded, CSEAS Newsletter, no. 56, p.6
  1. Okamoto Masaaki, 2007. Core University Workshop in Bangkok and Kyoto. CSEAS Newsletter no. 56, p.5
  1. Okamoto Masaaki, 2007 (forthcoming), The Autonomous Region Making Movement and the Politics of the Youth - Focusing on the Gorontalo Province Making Movement, 1998-2000 (in Japanese). Southeast Asian Studies 45(4).

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Joint Research Projects
  1. Research Topic:"Non-Traditional" Security in Southeast Asia: State Capacity and the Regional Cooperation
  2. Term:2005-2010
  3. Sponsor:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), Scientific Research （A）
  4. Leader: Patricio Abinales
  5. Outline:Analysis on the "Non-Traditional" Security in Southeast Asia
  6. No. of Members:7
  1. Research Topic:Anthropological Study on the Generational Succession of Culture in Indonesia
  2. Term:2007-2009
  3. Sponsor:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), Scientific Research （A）
  4. Leader: Kagami Haruya
  5. Outline:Analysisi on the Succession of Culture in Indonesia
  6. No. of Members:10
  1. Research Topic:Comparative Analysis on the Democratization and Civil-Military Relationshis in the era of globalizaiton
  2. Term:2007-2008
  3. Sponsor:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), Scientific Research （B）
  4. Leader:Tamada Yoshifumi
  5. Outline:Analysis on Civil-Military Relationship at the local Indonesia
  6. No. of Members:8
  1. Research Topic:Rising China and Southeast Asia
  2. Term:2006-2008
  3. Sponsor:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), Scientific Research （B）
  4. Leader:Shiraishi Takashi
  5. Outline:Analysis on the Rising Oveseas Chinese in Indonesia
  6. No. of Members:3
  1. Research Topic:Infectious Diseases Spreading Across International Borders in Southeast Asia: The Elucidation of Area-Specific Features Based on Multifactorial Analysis
  2. Term:2006-2011
  3. Sponsor:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), Scientific Research （S）
  4. Leader:Nishibuchi Mitsuaki
  5. Outline:Institutional Buidling of the State and International Organizations. Analysisn on the policies toward the infectious diseases by the SEA countries and the International organizations
  6. No. of Members:7
  1. Research Topic：Project 7 "Enterpreneurship in East Asia: Political, Economic, Cultural and Social Initiatives :Establishing a New Model of East Asian Political Economy; Doing a research on the political violence in Indonesia
  2. Individual Research Topic:Doing research on political violence in Indonesia
  3. Term：2005 - 2008
  4. Sponsor：JSPS Core University Program: Social Science Region Making in East Asia
  5. Leader：MIZUNO, Kosuke
  6. Outline：Collaborative Research on East Asian Political Economy with the Japanese and East Asian Social Scientists
  7. No. of Members：40
  8. Members in CSEAS：5
  1. Research Topic："'Comprehensive Study on 'Aging' in Southeast Asia-Toward Restructure of Safety Net system"
  2. Individual Research Topic: Analysing social safety net policies related to "aging" in Indonesia and Thailand
  3. Term： 2005 - 2007
  4. Sponsor：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi) ,Scientific Research (A)
  5. Leader：. HAMASHITA, Takeshi
  6. Outline：Research on "aging" from the viewpoint of political science and public policy
  7. No. of Members：8
  8. Members in CSEAS：6
  1. Research Topic：Changing of Local Political Economy in the Democratized and Decentralized Indonesia
  2. Individual Research Topic：Analysing the political and economic structures of South and West Sulawesi Provinces
  3. Term：2005 - 2007
  4. Sponsor：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), Scientific Research (B)
  5. Leader：MIZUNO, Kosuke
  6. Outline：Collecting data on candidates for regional government heads and local government budget in collaboration with LIPI
  7. No. of Members：5
  8. Members in CSEAS：2
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Seminars/Symposia
  1. Title:Populism in Asian Clothes
  2. Date & Time:2008.3.7 and 8
  3. Place:Kyodai Kaikan
  4. Topic:Local Political Entrepreneurship in Populism Clothes in Indonesia
  5. Organizer: Core University Program
  6. Presenter:OKAMOTO, Masaaki
  1. Title:Islam in Diversion from the Perspectives of Asian and African Studies
  2. Date & Time:2007.11.1
  3. Place:Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
  4. Topic:Islamism and Its Diversity in Southeast Asia: Terrorism, Conflict and Electoral Politics
  5. Organizer: AA
  6. Presenter:OKAMOTO, Masaaki
  1. Title:Symposium on “East Asian Perspectives on Southeast Asia: Taiwan and Japan in Focus”
  2. Date & Time:2007.9.19. and 20
  3. Place:CAPAS Conference Room, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
  4. Topic:Violence and the "Nature" of State in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: The Case of Rising Violent Group in Banten Area, 1999-2006
  5. Organizer: CAPAS and CSEAS
  6. Presenter:OKAMOTO, Masaaki
  1. Title:Historical and Institutional Analysis on Regionalism
  2. Date & Time:2007.7.15
  3. Place:CIAS
  4. Topic:After the Regionalism in Banten, 1998-2006
  5. Organizer: CIAS
  6. Presenter:OKAMOTO, Masaaki
  1. Title:International Workshop on ""Security and Violence in Contemporary Southeast Asia”
  2. Date & Time:2007.7.17
  3. Place:Mekhong Delta Hotel, Mae Sai, Chaing rai
  4. Topic:“Privatization Project of Violence in Indonesia”
  5. Organizer: Mekong Research Unit, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University & Center of Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University
  6. Presenter:OKAMOTO, Masaaki
  1. Title:Study on Civil Society in East Asia
  2. Date & Time:2007.6.23
  3. Place:Osaka City University
  4. Topic:Violence and Local Politics in Indonesia
  5. Organizer:Osaka City University
  6. Presenter:OKAMOTO, Masaaki
  1. Title:"State" in the 21st Centurty: Reorganizing Coexistant Space
  2. Date & Time:2007.4.21
  3. Place:CIAS
  4. Topic:Perespective from Southeast Asia: Thailand and Indonesia
  5. Organizer: CIAS
  6. Presenter:OKAMOTO, Masaaki
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Activities in Academic Associations
  1. Presenter
  2. Name of Academic Association:Chubu Branch of Association of Southeast Asian Studies
  3. Topic:New Local Political Order in the Decentralized Indonesia, 1998-2007
  4. Place:Hiroshima Female Education Center
  5. Term:2007.12.15
  1. Presenter
  2. Name of Academic Association:ICAS 5
  3. Topic:Local Politics of Informal Violence in the Democratized and Decentralized Indonesia - Birth of Violent Oligarchies and Structural Change of Politics in Java, 1998-2006
  4. Place:Kuala Lumpur Convention Center 206
  5. Term: 2007.8.3
  1. Presenter
  2. Name of Academic Association:Comparative Politics
  3. Topic:Local Governance by Entrepreneur
  4. Place:Doshisha University
  5. Term:2007.6.24
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