Jeffrey A. Winters
American political scientist (born 1960)
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Jeffrey Alan Winters[1] (born May 31, 1960)[2] is an American political scientist at Northwestern University,[3][4] specialising in the study of oligarchy. He is a professor at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the Director of the Equality Development and Globalization Studies program (EDGS). He has written extensively on Indonesia and on oligarchy in the United States. His 2011 book Oligarchy was the 2012 winner of the American Political Science Association's Luebbert Award for the Best Book in Comparative politics.[5]
May 31, 1960
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| Born | Jeffrey A. Winters May 31, 1960 Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Occupation | Political scientist |
| Known for | Study of oligarchy, Wealth defense industry, comparative politics |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Yale University (Ph.D.) |
| Thesis | Structural power and investor mobility: Capital control and state policy in Indonesia, 1965-1990 (1991) |
Specialization
Professors Winters studies the lives of oligarchs and other elites, spanning from the United States of America, to Southeast Asia, Europe, and ancient Athens and Rome[4]. Other important themes Winters focuses on are economic inequality, wealth concentration and the rule of law. He is also a specialist in the region of Southeast Asia, specifically Indonesia[6].
Selected works[4]
- Winters, Jeffrey A. (1996). Power in Motion: Capital Mobility and the Indonesian State. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
- Winters, Jeffrey A. (1999). Dosa-Dosa Politik Orde Baru [Political Sins of Suharto's New Order]. Jakarta: Djambatan Press.
- Winters, Jeffrey A. (2004). Orba Jatuh, Orba Bertahan? [Indonesia's "New Order" Falls or Endures?]. Jakarta: Djambatan Press.
- Pincus, Jonathan; Winters, Jeffrey A. (2002), Reinventing the World Bank, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
- Winters, Jeffrey A. (2011). Oligarchy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Winters, Jeffrey A. (2026). The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracy. New York: Scribner.
