Professor, Junior Faculty Advisor
MU 264S
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Comparative Politics
- Development Studies
Areas of Interest
- Comparative Politics
- Ethnic Politics
- Ethnic Conflict
- Nationalism
- Democratic Change
- Southeast Asia
Biography
Jacques is the author of Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar (Cornell University Press, 2022); Democracy and Nationalism in Southeast Asia: From Secessionist Mobilization to Conflict Resolution (Cambridge University Press, 2021); Political Change in Southeast Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2013) and Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia (Cambridge University Press, 2004), as well as co-editor of Democratization and Ethnic Minorities: Conflict or Compromise (Routledge, 2014) and Multination States in Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2010). He has also published several articles and book chapters.
Education
BA, McGill University
MSc, London School of Economics and Political Science
MA, Princeton University
PhD, Princeton University
Publications
- Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar (Cornell University Press : 2022)
- Democracy and Nationalism in Southeast Asia: From Secessionist Mobilization to Conflict Resolution (Cambridge University Press : 2021)
- Democratization and Ethnic Minorities (Routledge Press : 2014)
- Political Change in Southeast Asia (Cambridge University Press : 2013)
- Multination States in Asia: Accommodation or Resistance (Cambridge University Press : 2010)