Alasdair Bowie

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Monroe 423
2115 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-7370
Fax: (202) 994-7743
E-mail: abowie@gwu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Expertise:

Comparative political economy, development, Southeast Asia

Background:

A native of New Zealand, Professor Bowie's research focuses on comparative political economy, development and Southeast Asia. He is co-author of The Politics of Open Economies: Indonesia, Malasyia, the Philippines and Thailand (with Danny Unger), and author of Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Transformation in Malaysia. He was a 2004-2005 Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and has been named a 2010-11 Fulbright research scholar in Vietnam. His current research involves a comparative study of central-local government relations and economic governance in Vietnam and Indonesia. Professor Bowie speaks Indonesian and is a student of the Vietnamese language.

Courses Taught:

PSc 173 Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
PSc 235 Politics of Industrialization: East/Southeast Asia and Latin America
PSc 236 Political Economy of Developing Areas
PSc 273 The Political Economy of Asia