Takeshi Ito
Assistant Professor
Takeshi Ito (Ph.D., Yale) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and faculty of the Asian Studies Program and the Environmental Program. His research concerns Comparative Politics, International Political Economy, East and Southeast Asian Politics, Political Economy of Development, State-Society Relations, Poverty, Aid, and Governance, Democratization, Transnational Social Movements, Agrarian and Environmental Change, Global Agro-Food System, and Power, Domination, and Resistance. He teaches Introduction to Comparative Politics, Introduction to International Development, Southeast Asian Politics, Environmental Politics of Agriculture, Chinese Politics, and State Formation and Social Movements. His recent publications include “Historicizing the Power of Civil Society: A Perspective from Decentralization in Indonesia,” Journal of Peasant Studies 38(2) 2011 and “The Dynamics of Local Governance Reform in Decentralizing Indonesia: Participatory Planning and Village Empowerment in Bandung, West Java,” Asian and African Area Studies 5(2) 2006.
Education
Ph.D., Yale
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