Dr Nathan Gilbert Quimpo

Nathan Gilbert Quimpo is an associate professor teaching Political Science and International Relations at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. A long-time political activist in the Philippines before turning to an academic career, Nathan took up M.A. in International Relations at the University of Amsterdam. After teaching at the Political Science and Sociology Departments of the University of the Philippines, Nathan finished his Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations at the Australian National University. Before coming to Tsukuba, Nathan was a lecturer in international relations at the Political Science Department of the University of Amsterdam.

Recent Publications

"Political Parties and Corruption in the Philippines," in Southeast Asian Affairs 2007, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Affairs, 2007.
“Philippines: The 'People Power’ Revolution of 1986,” in James V. DeFronzo (ed.), Revolutionary Movements in World History: From 1750 to the Present, vol. 2, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2006, pp. 688-698.
“ The Use of Human Rights for the Protraction of War” (Kasarinlan, vol. 21, no. 1, 2006, pp. 34-54)
“ The Left, Elections and the Political Party System in the Philippines” (Critical Asian Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2005)
“ Oligarchic Patrimonialism, Bossism, Electoral Clientelism and Contested Democracy in the Philippines” (Comparative Politics, vol. 37, no. 2, January 2005)

Forthcoming Publications

Contested Democracy and the Left in the Philippines after Marcos (New Haven: Yale University Southeast Asia Studies, 2007)
The U.S., The War on Terror and Mindanao (Pasig: Anvil Publishing, 2007), co-edited with Patricio Abinales
“ CPP-NDF Members in Western Europe: Travails in Pursuing International Relations Work,” in Rosanne Rutten (ed.), Brokering a Revolution: Relational Dynamics of a Philippine Insurgency (Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University, 2008)
“ Popular Politics of Representation: Dilemmas and Experiments in Indonesia, the Indian State of Kerala and the Philippines,” in Olle Törnquist, Neil Webster, Kristian Stokke (eds), Rethinking Democratic-Popular Representation (London: Zed Books, 2008), with Olle Törnquist and Michael Tharaka)

Email: quimpo@dpipe.tsukuba.ac.jp