Sidel, John


Professor John Sidel  

Department

Position held

Department of Government

Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics

Asia Research Centre

Department of International Relations

Experience keywords:

Southeast Asia; religion; Islam; Philippines; local politics; Indonesia; terrorism; violence

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Professor Sidel's research interest and expertise lie largely within three realms: local politics in the Philippines and Indonesia; religious violence in Indonesia; and transnational movements in Southeast Asia.

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Philippines; Indonesia

Languages:

Tagalog [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Russian [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Indonesian [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Swedish [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Cebuano [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6032

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2013

Sidel, John (2013) Nationalism in post-independence Southeast Asia: a comparative analysis. In: The Oxford handbook of the history of nationalism. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 472-494. ISBN 9780199209194

Sidel, John (2013) Dangers and demon(izer)s of democratization in Egypt: through an Indonesian glass, darkly. In: The new Middle East: protest and revolution in the Arab world. LSE Middle East Centre, London, UK.

2012

Sidel, John T. (2012) Economic foundations of subnational authoritarianism: insights and evidence from qualitative and quantitative research. Democratization, o ISSN 1351-0347

Sidel, John (2012) From cyberjihad to Habermas: understanding Muslim identity and resistance online. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Sidel, John (2012) The fate of nationalism in the new states: Southeast Asia in comparative historical perspective. Comparative studies in society and history, 54 (01). pp. 114-144. ISSN 0010-4175

2009

Sidel, John (2009) Walking in the shadow of the big man: Junstiniano Montano and failed dynasty building in Cavite 1935-1972. In: McCoy, Alfred W., (ed.) An anarchy of families: state and family in the Philippines. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, USA, pp. 109-162. ISBN 9780299229849

2008

Sidel, John (2008) The Islamist threat in Southeast Asia: much ado about nothing? Asian affairs, 16 (3). pp. 339-351. ISSN 0306-8374

Sidel, John (2008) Social origins of dictatorship and democracy revisited: colonial state and Chinese immigrant in the making of modern Southeast Asia. Comparative politics, 40 (2). pp. 127-147. ISSN 0010-4159

Sidel, John (2008) Jihad and the specter of transnational Islam in Southeast Asia: a comparative historical perspective. In: Tagliacozzo, Eric, (ed.) Southeast Asia and the Middle East: Islam, movement, and the longue durée. Stanford University Press, Stanford, USA, pp. 275-318. ISBN 9780804761338

Sidel, John (2008) The manifold meanings of displacement: explaining inter-religious violence in Indonesia, 1999-2001. In: Hedman, Eva-Lotta E., (ed.) Conflict, violence, and displacement in Indonesia. Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, Ithaca, N.Y., USA, pp. 29-59. ISBN 9780877277750

2007

Sidel, John (2007) It's not getting worse: terrorism is declining in Asia. Global Asia, 2 (3). pp. 41-49. ISSN 1976-068X

Sidel, John (2007) From Russia with love? Indonesia, 84 pp. 161-172. ISSN 0019-7289

Sidel, John (2007) The Islamist threat in Southeast Asia: a reassessment. East-West Center Washington, Washington D.C., USA. ISBN 9789812304896

Sidel, John (2007) On the 'anxiety of incompleteness': a post-structuralist approach to religious violence in Indonesia. South East Asia research, 15 (2). pp. 133-212. ISSN 0967-828X

Sidel, John (2007) Indonesia: migrants, migrant workers, refugees, and the new citizenship law. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland

2006

Sidel, John (2006) Riots, pogroms, jihad: religious violence in Indonesia. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y., USA. ISBN 9780801445156

2004

Sidel, John (2004) Bossism and democracy in the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia: towards an alternative framework for the study of 'local strongmen'. In: Harriss, John and Stokke, Kristin and Tornquist, Olle, (eds.) Politicising democracy: the new local politics of democratisation. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 51-74. ISBN 9781403934819

2003

Sidel, John (2003) Liberalism, communism, islam: transnational motors of 'nationalist' struggles in Southeast Asia. The newsletter, (32). pp. 23-23. ISSN 0929-8738

Sidel, John (2003) Review of "Surabaya, city of work: a socioeconomic history, 1900-2000". Indonesia, 76 pp. 205-209. ISSN 0019-7289

Sidel, John (2003) Other schools, other pilgrimages, other dreams: the making and unmaking of 'jihad' in Southeast Asia. In: Siegel, James T. and Kahin, Audrey R., (eds.) Southeast Asia over three generations: essays presented to Benedict R. O'G. Anderson. Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, Ithaca, N.Y., USA, pp. 347-382. ISBN 9780877277354

2002

Sidel, John (2002) Indonesia: internal and external displacement, November 2001 - August 2002. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland

2001

Sidel, John (2001) Indonesia: the limits of democratization and decentralization, January 2000 - October 2001. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland

Sidel, John (2001) Response to Ileto: or, why I am not an Orientalist. Philippine political science journal, 23 (1). pp. 109-122. ISSN 0115-4451

Sidel, John (2001) 'It takes a madrasah'?: Habermas meets Bourdieu in Indonesia. South East Asia research, 9 (1). pp. 109-122. ISSN 0967-828X

Sidel, John (2001) Riots, church burnings, conspiracies. In: Wessel, Ingrid and Wimhofer, Georgia, (eds.) Violence in Indonesia. Abera Verlag, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 64-81. ISBN 9783934376168

2000

Hedman, Eva-Lotta E. and Sidel, John (2000) Philippine politics and society in the twentieth century: colonial legacies, post-colonial trajectories. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415147903

Sidel, John (2000) Filipino gangsters in film, legend and history: two biographical case studies from Cebu. In: McCoy, Alfred W., (ed.) Lives at the margin: biography of Filipinos obscure, ordinary, and heroic. University of Wisconsin Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Madison, USA, pp. 149-191. ISBN 9781881261261

1999

Sidel, John (1999) Indonesia update: trends toward consolidation, threats of disintegration (January-December 1999). United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland

Sidel, John (1999) The usual suspects: Nardong Putik, Don Pepe Oyson, and Robin Hood. In: Rafael, Vicente L., (ed.) Figures of criminality in Indonesia, the Philippines, and colonial Vietnam. Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, Ithaca, N.Y., USA, pp. 70-94. ISBN 9780877277248

Sidel, John (1999) Capital, coercion, and crime: bossism in the Philippines. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, USA. ISBN 9780804737463

1998

Sidel, John (1998) Indonesia update: transition and its discontents, July - November 1998. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland

Sidel, John (1998) Macet total: logics of circulation and accumulation in the demise of Indonesia's new order. Indonesia, 66 pp. 159-194. ISSN 0019-7289

Sidel, John (1998) Murder Inc., Cavite: capitalist development and political gangsterism in a Philippine province. In: Trocki, Carl A., (ed.) Gangsters, democracy, and the state in Southeast Asia. Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, Ithaca, N.Y., USA, pp. 55-80. ISBN 9780877271345

Sidel, John (1998) Crisis and transition, catastrophe and progress. Update to 'Indonesia: economic, social and political dimensions of the current crisis'. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland

Sidel, John (1998) Take the money and run?: 'personality' politics in the post-Marcos Philippines. UP public policy journal , 2 (3). pp. 27-38. ISSN 0118-0878

Sidel, John (1998) Indonesia: economic, social and political dimensions of the current crisis. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland

Sidel, John (1998) The underside of progress: land, labor, and violence in two Philippine growth zones, 1985-1995. Bulletin of concerned Asian scholars, 30 (1). pp. 3-12. ISSN 0007-4810

1997

Sidel, John (1997) Philippine politics in town, district, and province: bossism in Cavite and Cebu. The journal of Asian studies, 57 (4). pp. 947-966. ISSN 0021-9118

Sidel, John (1997) Dark play: notes on a Balinese massacre. Indonesia, 63 pp. 187-194. ISSN 0019-7289

Sidel, John (1997) Rewind, pause, fast forward: viewing the ongoing political transition in Indonesia; 1996-97. EIAS briefing paper series, 97/01. European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels, Belgium

1996

Sidel, John (1996) Siam and its twin?: democratisation and bossism in contemporary Thailand and the Philippines. IDS Bulletin, 27 (2). pp. 36-52. ISSN 0265-5012

1995

Sidel, John (1995) On the waterfront: labour racketeering in the Port of Cebu. South East Asia research, 3 (1). pp. 3-17. ISSN 0967-828X

Sidel, John (1995) The Philippines: the languages of legitimation. In: Alagappa, Muthiah, (ed.) Political legitimacy in Southeast Asia: the quest for moral authority. Stanford University Press, Stanford, USA, pp. 136-169. ISBN 9780804725040

1993

Sidel, John (1993) Walking in the shadow of the big man: Junstiniano Montano and failed dynasty building in Cavite 1935-1972. In: McCoy, Alfred W., (ed.) An anarchy of families: state and family in the Philippines. University of Wisconsin Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Madison, USA, pp. 109-161. ISBN 9781881261087

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