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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

Research Activities in 2008 Fiscal Year

Publications

1. Okamoto Masaaki, Jawara in Power, 1998-2007, "Indonesia 86", October, 2008. pp.109-138.

1. Okamoto Masaaki, An Unholy Alliance: Political Thugs and Political Islam Work Together, "Inside Indonesia 93", August-October 2008

1. Okamoto Masaaki, 2008, Segmentalizing Regionalism and Centrist Local Politics, IDE World Trend, No.154, pp.19-21.

1. Okamoto Masaaki, 2008, LIPI, Anderson, Kalla, Sulawesi, Makassar, Manado, Autonomy, Independence War, Violence, Criminal, Nation-State Building, Encyclopedia on Southeast Asia (eds. by Momoki Shiro, Fukami Sumio, Yanagisawa Masayuki and Miichi Ken), Heibonsha

1. Okamoto Masaaki, 2008, Islamism and Its Diversity in Southeast Asia: Terrorism, Conflict and Electoral Politics. Islam in Diversion from the Perspectives of Asian and African Studies. pp.21-30.

1. Okamoto Masaaki, 2008, Segmentalizing Regionalism and the Politics After: from the Democratized and Decentralized Indonesia. Area Studies, Vol.8, No.1 128-143.

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Joint Research Projects

1. Research Topic:New Development of Southeast Asian Local Politics in the era of globalization: Capital, Border and Energy
2. Term:2008-2011
3. Sponsor:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), Scientific Research （B）
4. Leader: Okamoto Masaaki
5. Outline:Analysis on the local politics in the Energy Crops Area
6. No. of Members:8

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

Seminars/Symposia

1. Title:Islam for Social Justice and Sustainability: New Perspectives on Islamism and Pluralism in Indonesia
2. Date & Time:2008.9.11-12
3. Place:Kyodai Kaikan
4. Topic: New "Moderate" Politics of Islamism in Post-Suharto Java
5. Organizer: CSEAS and CAPAS (Taiwan)
6. Presenter:OKAMOTO, Masaaki

1. Title:Andes Countries in the era of post neo-liberalism
2. Date & Time:2008.6.15
3. Place: Kyoto University Clock Tower Hall
4. Topic:Case of Southeast Asia
5. Organizer: CIAS
6. Presenter:OKAMOTO, Masaaki

1. Title:Study on Civil Society in East Asia
2. Date & Time:2008.5.31
3. Place: Osaka City University
4. Topic:Discourse on Civil Society and Social Movement in the Democratized and Decentralized Indonesia
5. Organizer: Osaka City University
6. Presenter:OKAMOTO, Masaaki

Activities in Academic Associations

1. Commentator
2. Name of Academic Association:Association of Socio-Economic History
3. Topic:International Comparison on the History of Decentralization
4. Place:Hiroshima University
5. Term: 2008.9.28

1. Commentator
2. Name of Academic Association:West Japan Conference of Azia Seikei Gakkai
3. Topic: Economic Liberalization and Decentralization
4. Place:Momoyama Gakuin University
5. Term:2008.6.28

1. Chairperson
2. Name of Academic Association:Association of Comparative Politics
3. Topic:Intergovernmental Relationships in Southeast Asia
4. Place:Keio University
5. Term:2008.6.21

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