Jeffrey A. Winters

Jeffrey A. Winters
Winters in 2019
Born
Jeffrey A. Winters

(1960-05-31) May 31, 1960
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
OccupationPolitical scientist
Known forStudy of oligarchy, Wealth defense industry, comparative politics
Academic background
Alma materYale University (Ph.D.)
ThesisStructural power and investor mobility: Capital control and state policy in Indonesia, 1965-1990 (1991)

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 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]

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

Source:[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.

References

  1. ↑ Winters, Jeffrey Alan. "Structural power and investor mobility : Capital control and state policy in Indonesia, 1965-1990". Yale University.
  2. ↑ "Jeffrey A. Winters". www.goodreads.com.
  3. ↑ Bynum, Steve; Winters, Jeffrey A. (November 16, 2020). "How Policy Failures On The Left And Right Led To The Trump Presidency". WBEZ Chicago. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Jeffrey A. Winters: Department of Political Science - Northwestern University". polisci.northwestern.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2026.
  5. ↑ "APSA - American Political Science Association". Apsanet.org. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ Winters, Jeffrey (2018). Power in Motion: Capital Mobility and the Indonesian State. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-2925-5.