Emeritus Professor of Political Sciencehome Address

July 24, 2017

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R. William Liddle

Emeritus Professor of Political ScienceHome Address:

The OhioStateUniversity4347 Castleton Rd.

Columbus, OH43210Columbus, OH43220

Tel: (614) 292-1681Tel: 614 457-4390

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Date of Birth: January 18, 1938

Education

YaleUniversity, 1959-67. Ph.D., 1967. M.A., 1961.

University of Chicago, 1964-65. Carnegie Fellow at the Committee for the Comparative Study of New States.

YaleUniversity, 1955-59. BA, magna cum laude, 1959.

Teaching

OhioStateUniversity: Professor Emeritus, 2011-present; Professor, 1978-2011; Associate Professor, 1970-78; Assistant Professor, 1966-70; Instructor, 1965-66.

Pusat Latihan Penelitian Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial (SocialScienceResearchTrainingCenter), Aceh, Indonesia, 1985-87. Fulbright Lecturer in graduate-level social science research training program.

Indonesian Studies Summer Institute, Athens, Ohio, Summer 1983. Lecturer on Indonesian Politics.

OhioUniversity, Visiting Professor, Fall 1980, Winter 1978, Winter and Spring 1976.

University of Singapore, 1968-69. Fulbright-Hays Lecturer.

Courses taught: introduction to political science, introduction to comparative politics, government and politics of the developing world, traditional political systems and political development, community politics in the developing world, Southeast Asian politics, Indonesian politics, comparing India and Indonesia, theories of political development and change, national integration, alternatives to modernization, theories and methods of comparative politics, research seminar on developing world politics, research seminar in comparative politics, the political economy of Albert Hirschman, introduction to development studies, leadership and agency, politics in Muslim-majority countries, honors seminar in comparative politics.

Innovations: development of the basic comparative politics course as a theoretical and methodological introduction to the field for undergraduate majors; introduction and development of courses in developing world politics and political development theory for undergraduates and graduate students; creation of an introductory course in development studies for the Undergraduate International Studies Program; introduction and development of an honors seminar in comparative politics, introduction and development of a graduate seminar and undergraduate course in political leadership and agency; introduction of a Study Abroad course in Indonesian development studies, in association with Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Honors seminar in comparative politics selected by the OSU Honors Program for a 2004-2006 course development award.

Research

Language skills: fluency in Indonesian, reading knowledge of Dutch, French.

Major grants: Mershon Center, Ohio State University, research award 2017-2018 (with Paul Beck, Richard Gunther), 2009-2010; Smith Richardson Foundation (with Thomas Pepinsky and Saiful Mujani) research award, 2007-2008; Korea Research Foundation (with Yong Cheol Kim and Salim Said) research award, 2003-2004; National Science Foundation research award, 1999-2000; Ford Foundation (Jakarta) conference grant, 1998; Asia Foundation conference grant, 1990; Social Science Research Council conference grant, 1985; Visiting Research Fellowship, Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University, 1980; Fulbright award for research at the Institute of Southeast Asia Studies, Singapore, 1976-77; Ford Foundation Southeast Asia Fellowship, 1971: Foreign Area Training Fellowship, 1962-64.

Recent Awards and Honors

Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher, Department of Political Science, Ohio State University, 2010.

Recipient of Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award for best paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, September 2009 (with Thomas Pepinsky and Saiful Mujani).

Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award, Arts and Sciences Colleges Student Council, Ohio State University, 2009.

A book of essays, Dari Columbus UntukIndonesia: 70 Tahun Prof Bill Liddle Dari Murid dan Sahabat [From Columbus for Indonesia: 70 Years of Prof Bill Liddle from Students and Friends], Jakarta: Gramedia, Freedom Institute and Nalar Publishers, 2008.

Outstanding International Faculty Member, OhioStateUniversity Office of Academic Affairs, 1996.

Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State, 1995.

Academic Publications

Books and Monographs:

Voting Behavior in Indonesia since Democratization: Critical Democrats, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (with Saiful Mujani and Kuskridho Ambardi),2017.

Piety and Public Opinion: Understanding Islam and Political Behavior, Oxford: Oxford University Press (with Thomas Pepinsky and Saiful Mujani), 2017.

Memperbaiki Mutu Demokrasi di Indonesia: Sebuah Perdebatan [Improving the Quality of Democracy in Indonesia: a Debate], Jakarta: Yayasan Wakaf Paramadina, 2012, pp. i-ix, 1-171 (Contains an original essay plus critical comments and a response by the author).

Kuasa Rakyat [People Power], Jakarta: Mizan, 2012, pp. i-xvi, 1-555 (with Saiful Mujani and Kuskridho Ambardi) (The first individual-level study of Indonesian voting behavior based on surveys conducted from 1999 to the present).

Political Entrepreneurs and Development Strategies: Southeast Asian Cases and Comparisons, Adelaide: Centre of Asian Studies, Flinders University, 1991, pp. 37 (22nd Annual Asian Studies Lecture).

Politics and Culture in Indonesia, Ann Arbor: Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1988, pp. 55. An article length revised version has been published as "The National Political Culture and the New Order," Prisma 46 (1989), pp. 4-20.

Cultural and Class Politics in New Order Indonesia, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1977, pp. 21.

Ethnicity, Party, and National Integration: An Indonesian Case Study, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1970, pp. xv, 238.

Edited Books:

Revolusi dari Luar: Demokratisasi di Indonesia [Revolution from Outside: Democratization in Indonesia], Jakarta: Nalar and Freedom Institute, 2005, pp. xxii, 258. A collection of newspaper columns and magazine articles originally written in Indonesian, plus translations of two scholarly articles on contemporary Indonesian politics. Introduction by Hamid Basyaib.

Crafting Indonesian Democracy, Jakarta: Mizan, 2001, pp ix, 304. Edited papers from a 1998 Ford Foundation conference on Structural Reform in Indonesian Democratization. “Introduction: Crafting Indonesian Democracy,” pp. 1-9 by the editor. Also published by Mizan in Indonesian as Menjauhi Demokrasi Kaum Penjahat [Avoiding Bad Guy Democracy].

Islam, Politik, dan Modernisasi [Islam, Politics, and Modernization], Jakarta: Sinar Harapan, 1997, pp. xix, 308. (In Indonesian.) Translations of three scholarly articles on Indonesian Islam, plus a collection of newspaper columns and magazine articles originally written in Indonesian. Contains a new preface by the editor and an introduction by Taufik Abdullah.

Leadership and Culture in Indonesian Politics, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, in association with the Asian Studies Association of Australia, 1996, pp. v, 314. A collection of articles, most originally published between 1985 and 1993, with a new introduction by the editor.

Pemilu-Pemilu Orde Baru: Pasang Surut Kekuasaan Politik [New Order Elections: The Rise and Fall of Political Authority], Jakarta: LP3ES, 1992, pp. viii, 158. (In Indonesian.) A collection of articles on Indonesian elections and democracy, most of which were previously published in English.

Partisipasi dan Partai Politik: Indonesia Pada Awal Orde Baru [Participation and the Political Parties: Indonesia at the Beginning of the New Order], Jakarta: PT Grafiti, 1992, pp. viii, 220. (In Indonesian.) A collection of articles previously published in English, with a new introduction, "Kata Pengantar: Menuju Demokrasi di Indonesia" [Introduction: Toward Democracy in Indonesia].

Political Participation in Modern Indonesia, New Haven: YaleUniversitySoutheast Asia Studies, 1973. Chapters authored: "Introduction," pp. 1-11, and "Modernizing Indonesian Politics," pp. 177-206.

Articles/book chapters:

“Parties, Elections, Voters, and Democracy,” in Richard Gunther, Paul Beck, Alejandro Moreno, and Pedro Magalhaes, eds.Voting in New and Old Democracies, Routledge, 2015 (by Robert Mattes, with Saiful Mujani, R. William Liddle, Tianjian Shi, and Yun-Han Chu).

“Indonesia’s Democratic Performance: A Popular Assessment,” Japanese Journal of Political Science, 16:2 (June 2015), pp.210-226 (with Saiful Mujani).

“Political Science Scholarship on Indonesia: Revived but Constrained,” in Eric Tagliacozzo, ed. Producing Indonesia: The State of the Field of Indonesian Studies, Ithaca: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2014, pp 253-266.

“Improving the Quality of Democracy in Indonesia: Toward a Theory of Action,” Indonesia 96, October 2013, pp. 59-80. Also published as a chapter in a book, Thomas Pepinsky and Michele Ford, eds, Beyond Oligarchy. Ithaca: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2014, pp. 57-77.

“Generational Change, Political Institutions, and Regime Support in East Asia,” Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 9:1 (July 2013), pp. 173-196 (with Saiful Mujani).

“Indonesian Democracy: From Transition to Consolidation,” in Alfred Stepan and Mirjam Kunkler, eds.,Democracy and Islam in Indonesia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013, pp. 24-50(with Saiful Mujani).

“Testing Islam’s Political Advantage: Evidence from Indonesia,” American Journal of Political Science, 56:3 (July 2012) (with Thomas Pepinsky and Saiful Mujani), pp. 584-600.

“Indonesia: Personalities, Parties, and Voters,” Journal of Democracy, 21:2 (April 2010) (with Saiful Mujani), pp. 35-49. A longer version with complete tables has been published as “Voters and the New Indonesian Democracy,” in Edward Aspinall and Marcus Mietzner, eds.,Problems of Indonesian Democracy: Elections, Institutions, and Society, 2010, pp. 75-99. Singapore: ISEAS Publishers (with Saiful Mujani).

“Muslim Indonesia’s Secular Democracy,” Asian Survey, 49:4 (July/August 2009)(with Saiful Mujani), pp. 575-590.

“Indonesia: A Muslim-Majority Democracy,” in W. Phillips Shively, Comparative Governance, 3rd edition, New York: McGraw-Hill Primis, 2007 (first edition 1996). 69 printed pages.

“Leadership, Party and Religion: Explaining Voting Behavior in Indonesia,” Comparative Political Studies, 40:7 (July 2007) (with Saiful Mujani), pp. 832-857.

“Islamic Liberalism: Cause or Consequence of the Conservative Turn?” Inside Indonesia 89 (January-March 2007), p. 37.

“Political Leadership and Civilian Supremacy in Third Wave Democracies: Comparing South Korea and Indonesia,” Pacific Affairs79:2 (Summer2006)(with Yong-Cheol Kim and Salim Said), pp. 247-268.

“Indonesia in 2005: A New Multiparty Presidential Democracy,” Asian Survey 46:1 (January/February 2006), pp. 132-139 (with Saiful Mujani).

“Year One of the Yudhoyono-Kalla Duumvirate,” Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 41:3 (December 2005), pp. 323-338.

“Indonesia in 2004: The Rise of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,” Asian Survey45:1 (January/February 2005), pp. 119-126 (with Saiful Mujani).

“Indonesia’s Approaching Elections: Politics, Islam, and Public Opinion,” Journal of Democracy 15:1 (January 2004), pp. 109-123 (with Saiful Mujani).

“Syafii Maarif dan Indonesia” [Syafii Maarif and Indonesia], introduction to Ahmad Syafii Maarif, Mencari Autentisitas Dalam Kegalauan: Refleksi Ahmad Syafii Maarif [Seeking Authenticity in Confusion: Reflections of Ahmad Syafii Maarif], Jakarta,Pusat Studi Agama dan Peradaban Muhammadiyah, 2004, pp. xv-xx (In Indonesian).

“New Patterns of Islamic Politics in Democratic Indonesia,” in Piety and Pragmatism: Trends in Indonesian Islamic Politics. Washington: WoodrowWilsonInternationalCenter, Asia Special Report No. 10, 2003, pp. 4-13.

“Indonesia’s Democratic Transition: Playing by the Rules,” Chapter 13 in Andrew Reynolds, ed., The Architecture of Democracy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 373-399.

“Pengantar” [Introduction], in Salim Said, Militer Indonesia dan Politik: Dulu, Kini, dan Kelak [The Indonesian Military and Politics: Past, Present, and Future], Jakarta: Sinar Harapan, 2001, v-xv. (In Indonesian.)

“Indonesia in 2000: A Shaky Start for Democracy,” Asian Survey, XLI,1 (January/February 2001), pp. 208-220.

“Islam, Kultur Politik dan Demokratisasi” [Islam, Political Culture, and Democratization], Jurnal Demokrasi dan HAM [Journal of Democracy and Human Rights], I,1, May-August 2000, pp. 132-166. (with Saiful Mujani.) (In Indonesian.)

“Indonesia in 1999: Democracy Restored,” Asian Survey, XL,1 (January/February 2000), pp. 32-42.

“Kata Pengantar” [Introduction], in Eep Saefulloh Fatah, Zaman Kesempatan: Agenda-Agenda Besar Demokratisasi Pasca-Orde Baru [A Time of Opportunity: Great Agendas of Democratization After the New Order], Bandung: Mizan, 2000, ix-xvi. (In Indonesian.)

“Regime: The New Order,” Chapter 2 in Donald K. Emmerson, ed., Indonesia Beyond Suharto: Polity, Economy, Society, Transition, Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 1999, pp. 39-70.

“Indonesia’s Democratic Opening,” Government and Opposition, 34, 1 (January 1999), pp. 94-116.

“Indonesia’s Unexpected Failure of Leadership,” in Adam Schwarz and Jonathan Paris, eds., The Politics of Post-Suharto Indonesia, New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 1999, pp. 16-39.

"Coercion, Cooptation, and the Management of Ethnic Relations in Indonesia," in Michael E. Brown and Sumit Ganguly, eds., Government Policies and Ethnic Relations in Asia and the Pacific, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997, pp. 273-320.

"The 1997 Indonesian Elections: Personal Power and Regime Legitimacy," Muslim Politics Report, 14 (July/August 1997), pp. 1-6.

"Indonesia in 1996: Pressures From Above and Below," Asian Survey XXXVII, 2 (February 1997), pp. 167-174. (with Rizal Mallarangeng)

"Improvising Political Cultural Change: Three Indonesian Cases," in Jim Schiller and Barbara Martin-Schiller, eds., Imagining Indonesia: Cultural Politics and Political Culture, Athens: OhioUniversityCenter for International Studies, 1997, pp. 1-54.

"Media Dakwah Scripturalism: One Form of Islamic Political Thought and Action in New Order Indonesia," in Mark Woodward, ed., Toward A New Paradigm: Recent Developments in Indonesian Islamic Thought, Tempe: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, ArizonaStateUniversity, 1996, pp. 323-357. Also published as "Skripturalisme Media Dakwah: Satu Bentuk Pemikiran dan Aksi Politik Islam Masa Orde Baru," Ulumul Qur'an, Vol. IV, No. 3, 1993, pp. 53-66. (In Indonesian)

"Indonesia: Soeharto's Tightening Grip," Journal of Democracy 7, 4 (October 1996), pp. 58-72.

"The Islamic Turn in Indonesia: A Political Explanation," Journal of Asian Studies 55, 3 (August 1996), pp. 613-634.

"Indonesia in 1995: The Struggle Over Politics and Policy," Asian Survey XXXVI, 2 (February 1996), pp. 109-116 (with Rizal Mallarangeng).

"A Useful Fiction: Democratic Legitimation in New Order Indonesia," in Robert Taylor, ed., ThePolitics of Elections in Southeast Asia, Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press, 1996, pp. 34-60.

"Can All Good Things Go Together? Democracy, Growth, and Unity in Post-SoehartoIndonesia," in David Bourchier and John Legge, eds., Democracy in Indonesia: 1950s and1990s, Clayton: MonashUniversity Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, 1994, pp. 286-301.

"Politics 1992-1993: Sixth-Term Adjustments in the Ruling Formula," in Chris Manning and Joan Hardjono, eds., Indonesia Assessment 1993, Canberra: Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1993, pp. 26-42.

"Indonesia's Threefold Crisis," Journal of Democracy, 3, 4 (1992), pp. 60-74.

“Indonesia's Democratic Past and Future," Comparative Politics, 24, 4 (July 1992), pp. 443-462. Reprinted in John Ravenhill, ed., The Political Economy of East Asia, London: Edward Elgar, 1995.

“The Politics of Development Policy," World Development, 20, 6 (June 1992), pp. 793-807.

“The Relative Autonomy of the Third World Politician: Soeharto and Indonesian Economic Development in Comparative Perspective," International Studies Quarterly, 35, 4 (December 1991), pp. 403-427. Reprinted in John Ravenhill, ed., The Political Economy of East Asia, London: Edward Elgar, 1995.

“Rumah Seorang Penulis" [The Address of a Writer], Introduction to Goenawan Mohamad, CatatanPinggir [Marginal Notes], Vol. 3, Jakarta: Grafiti, 1991, pp. 1-13. (In Indonesian.)

“The Middle Class and New Order Legitimacy: A Response to Dan Lev," "Indonesia is Indonesia," and "East Asian Political Development," Chapters 5, 6, and 7 in Kenneth Young and Richard Tanter, eds., The Politics of Middle Class Indonesia, Clayton, Vic.: Monash University Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, 1989, pp. 49-62.

"Indonesia in 1987: The New Order at the Height of its Power," Asian Survey, XXVIII, 2 (February 1988), pp. 180-191.

"Introduction: Section A," Cultures and Societies of North Sumatra, ed. by Rainer Carle in cooperation with C. E. Cunningham, M. Kartomi, R. W. Liddle, B. Nothofer and H. Uhlig, Berlin, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1987, pp. 21-24.

"Indonesia in 1986: Contending with Scarcity," Asian Survey, XXVII, 2 (February 1987), pp. 206-218.

"The Politics of Shared Growth: Some Indonesian Cases," Comparative Politics, 19,2 (January 1987), pp. 127-146.

"Soeharto's Indonesia: Personal Rule and Political Institutions," Pacific Affairs, 58, 1 (Spring, 1985), pp. 68-90.

"Indonesia's Leadership: Sukarno and Soeharto," Focus on Asian Studies, IV, 2 (Winter 1985), pp. 18-21.

"Economy and Polity in Suharto's Indonesia," Crossroads, 1,3 (October 1983), pp. 35-45.

"The Republic of Indonesia," in George E. Delury, ed., World Encyclopedia of Political Systemsand Parties, Vol. I, Facts on File Publications, 1983, pp. 460-471.

"The Politics of Ekonomi Pancasila," Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies XVIII, 1 (March 1982), pp. 96-101.

"Indonesia 1977: The New Order's Second General Election," Asian Survey, XVIII, 2 (February 1978), pp. 175-185.

"The 1977 Indonesian Election and New Order Legitimacy," Southeast Asian Affairs 1978, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1978, pp. 122-138.

"Participation and the Political Parties," in Karl Jackson and Lucian Pye, eds., Political Powerand Communications in Indonesia, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1977, pp. 171-195.

"Indonesia 1976: Challenges to Suharto's Authority," Asian Survey XVII, 2 (February 1977), pp. 95-106.

"Closing Remarks," Conference on Indonesian Agriculture, Proceedings, Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1974, pp. 124-125.

"Rural Development and the Local Political Process," in Seminar on Agricultural and Rural Development in Indonesia, Proceedings, East Lansing: MichiganStateUniversity, 1974, pp. 19-22.

"Evolution from Above: National Leadership and Local Development in Indonesia," Journalof Asian Studies, XXXII, No. 2 (February 1973), pp. 287-309. Also published as "Evolusi dari Atas: Pemimpin Nasional dan Pembangunan Daerah di Indonesia," in Sartono Kartodirdjo, Ed., Kepemimpinan dalam Dimensi Sosial [The Social Dimensions of Leadership], Jakarta: LP3ES, 1984, pp. 126-63.

"The 1971 Indonesian Elections: A View from the Village," Asia No. 27 (Autumn 1972), pp. 4-18. (Harry J. Benda Memorial Lecture at the Asia Society.)

"Ethnicity and Political Organization: Three East Sumatran Cases," in Claire Holt, Benedict Anderson, and James Siegel, eds. Culture and Politics in Indonesia, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1972 (2007 paperback edition published by Equinox), pp. 126-178

"The Role of Government in Modernizing Asian Societies," Thai Journal of DevelopmentAdministration, April 1969. Also published in Solidarity (Manila), October, 1969, pp. 36-42.

"Suku Simalungun: An Ethnic Group in Search of Representation," IndonesiaIII, April 1967, pp. 1-28.

Book Reviews:

Edward Aspinall, Marcus Mietzner, and Dirk Tomsa (eds), The Yudhoyono Presidency: Indonesia’s Decade of Stability and Stagnation. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2015. Asian Pacific Economic Literature 2016: 2 (November).

Maribeth Erb and Priyambudi Sulistiyanto (eds), Deepening Democracy in Indonesia?Direct Elections for Local Leaders(Pilkada). Singapore:Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2009. Pacific Affairs,83:3 (October 2010), pp. 641-643.

Ross H. McLeod and Andrew MacIntyre (eds), Indonesia: Democracy and the Promise of Good Governance,Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 44:1 (April 2008), pp. 167-169.

Edward Aspinall, Opposing Suharto: Compromise, Resistance, and Regime Change in Indonesia. Stanford: StanfordUniversity Press, 2005. Indonesia83 (April 2007), pp. 155-159.

Edward Aspinall and Greg Fealy, eds., Local Power and Politics in Indonesia: Decentralization and Democratization. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2003. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 40:1 (April 2004), pp 126-127.

Andrew MacIntyre, The Power of Institutions: Political Architecture and Governance. Ithaca and London: CornellUniversity Press, 2003. Perspectives on Politics, 2:1 (March 2004), pp. 180-182.

Ian Chalmers and Vedi Hadiz, eds., The Politics of Economic Development in Indonesia: Contending Perspectives. London and New York: Routledge, 1997. Journal of Asian Studies, 58:3 (August 1999), pp. 888-890.