Six Highlighted Publications since last promotion (all single authored)

-Democracy and Diversity: Political Engineering in the Asia-Pacific, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006.

-‘Democratization and Electoral Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region: Is There an ‘Asian Model’ of Democracy?’, Comparative Political Studies, 40(9), 2007.

-‘Political Engineering in the Asia-Pacific’, Journal of Democracy, 18(1), 2007.

-‘Political Engineering and Party Politics in Conflict-Prone Societies’, Democratization 13(5), 2006.

-‘Dealing with Divided Societies’ in Larry Diamond and Mark F. Plattner (eds), Electoral Systems and Democracy, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2006.

-‘Does the Choice of Electoral System Promote Democracy? The Gap Between Theory and Practice’ in Philip G. Roeder and Donald S. Rothchild (eds), Sustainable Peace: Power and Democracy after Civil Wars, Cornell University Press, Ithaca NY, 2005.

All Publications

Books
Democracy and Diversity: Political Engineering in the Asia-Pacific, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006.

Electoral System Design: The New International IDEA Handbook (co-author with Andrew Ellis and Andrew Reynolds), International IDEA, Stockholm, 2005 (translated into Arabic and Nepali).

Democracy in Divided Societies: Electoral Engineering for Conflict Management, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001.

Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies (co-author with Andrew Reynolds), National Academy Press, Washington DC, 1999.

Democracy and Deep-Rooted Conflict: Options for Negotiators (co-editor with Peter Harris), International IDEA, Stockholm, 1998. (Translated into Indonesian, Burmese, Serbo-Croation and Spanish).

The International IDEA Handbook of Electoral System Design (co-author with Andrew Reynolds), International IDEA, Stockholm, 1997. (Translated into French, Indonesian, Spanish, Arabic, Burmese, Serbo-Croat & Albanian).

Journal Articles

‘Democratization and Electoral Reform in the Asia-Pacific: Is There an ‘Asian Model’ of Democracy?’, Comparative Political Studies, 40(9), 2007.

‘Electoral Systems and Party Systems in East Asia’, Journal of East Asian Studies, 7, 2007, pp. 185-192.

‘Political Engineering in the Asia-Pacific’, Journal of Democracy, 18(1), 2007, pp. 58-72.

‘Political Engineering and Party Politics in Conflict-Prone Societies’, Democratization 13(5), 2006, pp. 811-827.

‘Political Reform in Papua New Guinea: Testing the Evidence’, Pacific Economic Bulletin, 21(1), 2006, pp. 187-194.

‘Political Engineering and Ethnic Politics in the Asia-Pacific’, Asia-Pacific Forum 29, 2005, pp. 47-78.

‘State Functioning and State Failure in the South Pacific’, Australian Journal of International Affairs 58(4), 2004, pp. 479-493.

‘The Global Spread of Preferential Voting: Australian Institutional Imperialism?’, Australian Journal of Political Science 39(2), 2004, pp. 253-66.

‘Ethnicity, Democracy and Development in Papua New Guinea’, Pacific Economic Bulletin 19(1), 2004, pp. 46-54.

‘Political Parties and Political Engineering in the Asia-Pacific Region’, Asia Pacific Issues: Analysis from the East-West Center, 71, December 2003, pp. 1-8.

(with John Henderson) ‘Dragon in Paradise: China’s Rising Star in Oceania’, The National Interest, 72, Summer 2003, pp. 94-104.

(with Robert Phillpot) ‘“Making Democracy Work” in Papua New Guinea: Social Capital and Provincial Development in an Ethnically Fragmented Society’, Asian Survey, XLII(6), November/December 2002, pp. 906-927.

‘Economic Decline and Political Reform in Papua New Guinea’, Pacific Economic Bulletin, 17(2), November 2002, pp. 134-140.

‘“A Reflection on South Pacific Regional Security”: A Rejoinder’, Journal of Pacific History, 37(3), 2002, pp. 323-324.

‘Political Engineering and Party Politics in Papua New Guinea’, Party Politics, 8(6), November 2002, pp. 701-718.

‘Social Choice in the South Seas: Electoral Innovation and the Borda Count in the Pacific Island Countries’, International Political Science Review, 23(4), October 2002, pp. 355-372.

‘Post-Conflict Elections: Constraints and Dangers’, International Peacekeeping, 9(2), 2002, pp. 118-139.

‘Back to the Future? The Political Consequences of Electoral Reform in Papua New Guinea’, Journal of Pacific History, 37(2), 2002, pp. 239-253.

‘Electoral Systems for Divided Societies’, Journal of Democracy, 13(2), 2002, pp. 156-170.

‘Internal Conflict and Regional Security in Asia and the Pacific’, Pacifica Review, 14(1), 2002, pp. 7-21.

‘Evaluating the Effect of the Electoral System in Post-Coup Fiji’, Pacific Economic Bulletin, 16(1), 2001, pp. 142-149.

‘Trouble in “Paradise”: The Africanization of the South Pacific’, Policy, 17(1), 2001, pp. 3-7.

‘Democracy, Ethnic Fragmentation, and Internal Conflict: Confused Theories, Faulty Data, and the "Crucial Case" of Papua New Guinea’, International Security, 25(3), 2000, pp. 162-185.

‘The Africanisation of the South Pacific’, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 54(3), 2000, pp. 261-268.

‘Party Politics in Papua New Guinea: A Deviant Case?’, Pacific Affairs, 72(2), 1999, pp. 225-246.

‘The Plant Report and the Supplementary Vote: Not So Unique After All’, Representation, 34(2), 1997, pp. 95-102.

‘Preferential Voting and Political Engineering: A Comparative Study’, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 35(1), 1997, pp. 1-19.

‘The Alternative Vote and Ethnic Accommodation: New Evidence from Papua New Guinea’, Electoral Studies, 16(1), 1997, pp. 1-11.

Working papers

Democratization and Political Reform in the Asia-Pacific: Is There an ‘Asian Model’ of Institutional Design?, Policy & Governance Discussion Paper 04/04, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, Canberra, 2004.

International Electoral Assistance: A Review of Donor Activities and Lessons Learned, Working Paper No 17, Conflict Research Unit, Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2003.

The Borda count in the real world: the electoral system in the Republic of Nauru, Macmillan Brown Working Paper Series No. 8, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2001.

Book chapters
“Post-Conflict Elections: Uncertain Turning Points of Transition?’ in Timothy D. Sisk and Anna Jarstad (eds), Dilemmas of Democratization, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, forthcoming.

‘Electoral and Political Party Reform’ in Ross H. McLeod and Andrew MacIntyre (eds), Indonesia: Democracy and the Promise of Good Governance, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2007.

‘Dealing with Divided Societies’ in Larry Diamond and Mark F. Plattner (eds), Electoral Systems and Democracy, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2006.

‘Does the Choice of Electoral System Promote Democracy? The Gap Between Theory and Practice’ in Philip G. Roeder and Donald S. Rothchild (eds), Sustainable Peace: Power and Democracy after Civil Wars, Cornell University Press, Ithaca NY, 2005.

(with Elsina Wainwright) ‘The South Pacific’ in Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff and Ramesh Thakur (eds), Making States Work: State Failure and the Crisis of Governance, United Nations University Press, Tokyo, 2005.

(with Kennedy Graham) ‘Conflict Through Asia and the Pacific: Causes and Trends’ in A. Heijmans, N. Simmonds, and H. van de Veen (eds), Searching for Peace in Asia Pacific, Lynne Rienner, Boulder and London, 2004.

‘Elections in Post-Conflict Societies’ in Edward Newman and Roland Rich (eds), The UN Role in Promoting Democracy: Between Ideals and Reality, United Nations University Press, Tokyo, 2004.

‘Options for an Electoral System for Local Government in Guyana’ in Patricia Persaud (ed), Decentralization and Local Government in the Caribbean, National Democratic Institute, Washington DC, 2004.

‘Government Structure and Electoral Systems’ in Center on International Cooperation (ed), Afghanistan: Towards a New Constitution, New York University, New York, 2003 (translated into Pashto and Dari).

‘Democratic Validation’ in John Darby and Roger McGinty (eds), Progressing Towards Settlement: Contemporary Peace Processes, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, 2003.

‘Continuity and Change in Papua New Guinea Elections 1964-1997’ in R.J. May and Ray Anere (eds), Maintaining Democracy: The 1997 Elections in Papua New Guinea, University of Papua New Guinea and Australian National University, Port Moresby and Canberra, 2002.

‘Internal Conflict and Regional Security in Island Asia: Stabilizing the “Arc of Instability”’ in Bruce Vaughn (ed), The Unraveling of Island Asia?: Governmental, Communal, and Regional Instability, Praeger, Westport CT and London, 2002.

‘Post-Conflict Elections: Constraints and Dangers’ in Edward Newman and Albrecht Schnabel (eds), Recovering from Civil Conflict: Reconciliation, Peace and Development, Frank Cass, London and Portland OR, 2002.

‘Electoral Reform in Indonesia’ in International IDEA (ed), Continuing Dialogues Towards Constitutional Reform in Indonesia, International IDEA, Jakarta, 2002.

‘Elections in Post-Conflict Scenarios: Constraints and Dangers’, in Independent Electoral Commission of East Timor (ed), Electoral Systems and Conflict Mediation, IEC, Dili, 2001.

‘Preferential Voting and its Political Consequences’ in Marian Sawer (ed), Elections: Full, Free and Fair, Federation Press, Sydney, 2001.

‘Papua New Guinea’ in Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof
Hartmann (eds), Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook, Oxford University Press, New York, 2001.

(with Maria Gratschew) ‘Nauru’ in Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann (eds), Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook, Oxford University Press, New York, 2001.

‘Regionalism and the Spread of Democracy in the Asia-Pacific’ in Bert Edstrom (ed), Interdependence in the Asia Pacific, Swedish Institute for International Affairs and Center for Pacific Asia Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 2001.

(with Andrew Reynolds) ‘Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies’ in Paul C. Stern and Daniel Druckman (eds), International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War, National Academy Press, Washington DC, 2000.

(with Michael Maley) ‘The Single Transferable Vote and the Alternative Vote Compared’ in Sean Bowler and Bernard Grofman (eds), Elections in Australia, Ireland and Malta Under the Single Transferable Vote: Reflections on an Embedded Institution, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2000.

‘Electoral Systems for Post-Conflict Societies: Lessons for Bosnia-Hercegovina’ in European Commission for Democracy Through Law, NewTrends in Electoral Law in a Pan-European Context, Council of Europe Publishing, Strasbourg, 2000.

‘Electoral Reform in Indonesia: the Options’ in Julia Suryakusuma (ed), Almanac Parpol Indonesia (The Almanac of Indonesian Political Parties), API, Jakarta, 1999.

‘Electoral System Choice in Post-1999 South Africa: An Alternative Model’ in Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (ed), Electoral Systems Roundtable, EISA, Johannesburg, 1999.

(with David Bloomfield) ‘The Changing Nature of Conflict and Conflict Management’ in Peter Harris and Ben Reilly (eds), Democracy and Deep-Rooted Conflict: Options for Negotiators, International IDEA, Stockholm, 1998.

(with David Bloomfield and Yash Ghai) ‘Analysing Deep-Rooted Conflict’ in Peter Harris and Ben Reilly (eds), Democracy and Deep-Rooted Conflict: Options for Negotiators, International IDEA, Stockholm, 1998.

‘Democratic Levers: An Introduction’ in Peter Harris and Ben Reilly (eds), Democracy and Deep-Rooted Conflict: Options for Negotiators, International IDEA, Stockholm, 1998.

‘Executive Type: Presidentialism versus Parliamentarism’ in Peter Harris and Ben Reilly (eds), Democracy and Deep-Rooted Conflict: Options for Negotiators, International IDEA, Stockholm, 1998.

(with Andrew Reynolds) ‘Electoral Systems for Divided Societies’ in Peter Harris and Ben Reilly (eds), Democracy and Deep-Rooted Conflict: Options for Negotiators, International IDEA, Stockholm, 1998.

‘Fiji’ in Peter Harris and Ben Reilly (eds), Democracy and Deep-Rooted Conflict: Options for Negotiators, International IDEA, Stockholm, 1998.

‘Deep-Rooted Conflict: Electoral Systems’ in Marija Airas (ed), The Role of International Cooperation in Conflict Prevention in Africa, KATU, Finland, 1998.

‘Constitutional Engineering and the Alternative Vote in Fiji: An Assessment’ in Brij V. Lal and Peter Larmour (eds), Electoral Systems in Divided Societies: The Fiji Constitution Review, National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, 1997.

‘The Effects of the Electoral System in Papua New Guinea’ in Yaw Saffu (ed), The 1992 PNG Election: Change and Continuity in Electoral Politics, Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University, Canberra, 1996.

’The Elections at the Coalface: Reflections on the Cambodian Experience’ in Viberto Selochan and Carlyle A. Thayer (eds), Bringing Democracy to Cambodia: Elections and Peacekeeping, Australian Defence Studies Centre, Canberra, 1996.

Newspaper Op-Eds

‘Why do South Pacific nations need armies?’, Wall Street Journal Asia, 6 November 2006.

‘Let’s invite Islanders to play in our backyard’, The Australian, 2 July 2004.

‘Making our region a level playing field’, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 April 2003.

‘Instant runoff ballots work, mates’, Anchorage Daily News, 24 August 2002.

‘Strength lies in the Pacific footy hold’, The Australian, 8 October 2001.

‘Islands of neglect’, Asian Wall Street Journal, 4 April 2001.

‘Hanson preferential myth’, The Australian Financial Review, 14 March 2001.

‘Voting is good, except when it guarantees war’, The Washington Post, 17 October 1999.

‘Indonesia’s fading empire’, Asian Wall Street Journal, 4 October 1999.

(with Christopher Bennett) ‘Building democracy in troubled regions’, The Wall Street Journal Europe, 12 May 1999.

‘East Timor’s elections are just a start’, Asian Wall Street Journal, 7 May 1999.

‘East Timor’s elections are first step for democracy’, Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly Edition, 10-16 May 1999.

‘Regional unity draws near’, Canberra Times, 11 January 1999.

‘With no melting pot, a recipe for failure in Bosnia’, International Herald Tribune, 12-13 September 1998.

‘‘Mixed’ system an option’, Jakarta Post (Indonesia), 12 August 1998.

Book reviews

“Confronting the Weakest Link: Aiding Political Parties in New Democracies” by Thomas Carrothers, Democratization, forthcoming.

“Democratic Development in East Asia” by Becky Shelley, Australian Journal of Political Science 41(3), 2006.

“The Manipulation of Custom: From Uprising to Intervention in the Solomon Islands” by Jon Fraenkel, Pacific Economic Bulletin 20(3), 2005.

“Beyond Free and Fair: Monitoring Elections and Building Democracy” by Eric C. Bjornlund, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 59(4), 2005.

“Democratization: A Comparative Analysis of 170 Countries” by Tatu Vanhanen, Australian Journal of Political Science 39(2), 2004.

“Asia Pacific Constitutional Systems” by Graham Hassall and Cheryl Saunders, Pacific Economic Bulletin, 18(1), 2003.

“Labour’s Victory: Electoral Behaviour and Opinion in Fiji” by Esther Williams and Kaushik Saksena, Journal of Pacific Studies, 25(1), 2001