Democracy and Diversity: Political Engineering in the Asia - Pacific

✍ Scribed by Benjamin Reilly

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 242
Series: Oxford Studies in Democratization
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

A study of the way in which the democratizing states of Asia and the Pacific have managed political change, with particular focus on innovative reforms to democratic institutions such as electoral systems, political parties and executive governments.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 12
List of Figures......Page 14
List of Tables......Page 15
1. Introduction......Page 16
Themes......Page 19
Democratization......Page 22
Diversity......Page 25
Ethnic Politics......Page 30
Political Engineering......Page 36
Structure......Page 39
2. Democratization and Internal Conflict in the Asia-Pacific......Page 42
Democratization......Page 43
Conflicts......Page 53
Modernization, Democratization, and Conflict Management......Page 56
Conclusion......Page 60
3. Diversity, Democracy, and Development in the Asia-Pacific......Page 62
Diversity and Development......Page 64
Measuring Diversity......Page 67
Ethnicity and Democracy......Page 75
Case Study: Papua New Guinea......Page 79
Conclusion......Page 82
4. Political Engineering: Consociationalism, Centripetalism, and Communalism......Page 86
The Theory of Institutional Design......Page 88
Consociationalism......Page 91
Centripetalism......Page 98
Communalism......Page 106
Conclusion......Page 108
5. Representative Institutions: Elections and Electoral Systems......Page 112
Trends in Electoral System Choice......Page 113
Electoral Reform in Asia......Page 117
Electoral Reform in the Pacific......Page 129
Conclusion......Page 133
6. Mediating Institutions: Political Parties and Party Systems......Page 136
The Importance of Parties......Page 137
Political Parties and Social Diversity......Page 140
Political Parties and Governance......Page 144
Building National Political Parties......Page 146
Restricting the Number of Parties......Page 151
Strengthening Parties in Government......Page 154
Conclusion......Page 157
7. Power-Sharing Institutions: Executive Formation and Federalism......Page 161
Political Engineering and Political Stability......Page 165
Oversized Cabinets......Page 171
Grand Coalitions......Page 172
Minimal Winning Cabinets......Page 175
Measuring Power-Sharing......Page 177
Federalism, Devolution, and Autonomy......Page 181
Conclusion......Page 184
8. Conclusion......Page 187
Trends in Asia-Pacific Reforms......Page 191
Political Engineering and Political Outcomes......Page 195
Consociationalism Versus Centripetalism......Page 199
An Asia-Pacific Model?......Page 203
Conclusion......Page 209
References......Page 212
C......Page 232
D......Page 233
F......Page 234
I......Page 235
L......Page 236
N......Page 237
P......Page 238
R......Page 239
T......Page 240
V......Page 241
Y......Page 242

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