Readership: Scholars and students of Democratization, Comparative Politics and Asian studies
Benjamin Reilly, Director, Centre for Democratic Institutions, Australian National University
"Benjamin Reilly's book provides an unusually comprehensive picture of institutional change across the Asia Pacific (including rarely studied Pacific nations like Fiji and Papua New Guinea). He demonstrates, persuasively, a pattern of 'institutional engineering' in the region's ethnically diverse democracies... It is essential reading for anyone interested in the design of democratic institutions" - Ben Thirkell-White, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews
1: Introduction 2: Democratization and Internal Conflict in the Asia-Pacific 3: Diversity, Democracy and Development in the Asia-Pacific 4: Political Engineering: Consociationalism, Centripetalism and Communalism 5: Representative Institutions: Elections and Electoral Systems 6: Mediating Institutions: Political Parties and Party Systems 7: Powersharing Institutions: Executive Formation and Federalism 8: Conclusion
