Publications: Reilly, Benjamin

2018

Reilly, B. (2018) Book Review: Nina Caspersen. 2017. Peace Agreements: Finding Solutions to Intra-State Conflicts. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. 226 pp. ISBN: 978-074-5680-27-9. Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 5 (1). pp. 103-105.

Reilly, B. (2018) Centripetalism and electoral moderation in established democracies. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 24 (2). pp. 201-221.

Reilly, B. (2018) Powersharing and power dividing in the Asia-Pacific. In: Lutmar, C. and Ockey, J., (eds.) Peacebuilding in the Asia-Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 99-122.

2017

Reilly, B. (2017) Democratisation in the Asia-Pacific - two steps forward? In: Mohamedou, M.O. and Sisk, T.D., (eds.) Democratisation in the 21st Century: Reviving Transitology. Routledge, New York, USA, pp. 75-92.

Reilly, B. (2017) Key issues for post-conflict elections. The RUSI Journal, 162 (5). pp. 16-24.

Reilly, B. (2017) An elephant’s graveyard? Democracy and development in East Asia. Government and Opposition, 52 (01). pp. 162-183.

2016

Reilly, B. (2016) Book Reviews: Can political engineering build democracy? Three Southeast Asian cases. Democratization, 24 (4). pp. 772-777.

Reilly, B. (2016) Centripetalism. In: Cordell, K. and Wolff, S., (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict: Second Edition. Routledge, Oxon, UK, pp. 278-288.

Reilly, B. (2016) Democratic design and democratic reform: the case of Australia. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 12 (2). pp. 1-16.

Reilly, B. (2016) In the shadow of China: Geography, history and democracy in Southeast Asia. Policy, 32 (1). pp. 24-29.

Reilly, B. (2016) Timing and sequencing in post-conflict elections. In: Langer, A. and Brown, G.K., (eds.) Building Sustainable Peace: Timing and Sequencing of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 72-86.

2015

Reilly, B. (2015) Australia as a southern hemisphere ‘soft power’. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 69 (3). pp. 253-265.

Reilly, B. (2015) Convergence theory explains the lack of choice in Australian politics. The Conversation, 19 May 2015 .

Reilly, B. (2015) Electoral Systems in Southeast Asia. In: Case, William, (ed.) Routledge handbook of Southeast Asian democratization. Routledge, London, pp. 225-236.

Reilly, B. (2015) Timing and sequencing in post-conflict elections. Centre for Research on Peace and Development (CRPD), Leuven, Belgium.

Reilly, B. (2015) Weighing the Asian model. The Nature of Asian Politics. By Bruce Gilley, Cambridge University Press, 2014, 262 pp. Journal of Democracy, 26 (3). pp. 171-173.

2014

Reilly, B. (2014) Power sharing in the Asia‐Pacific. German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, Germany.

2013

Reilly, B. (2013) We can be a leader of great southern lands. The West Australian .

Reilly, B. (2013) Australia as a Southern Hemisphere power. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Canberra, ACT.

Reilly, B. (2013) Centripetalism: Cooperation, Accommodation and Integration. In: Wolff, Stefan and Yakinthou, Christalla, (eds.) Conflict Management in Divided Societies: Theories and Practice. Routledge, New York, pp. 57-65.

Reilly, B. (2013) Elections and Post-Conflict Political Development. In: Berdal, Mats and Zaum, Dominik, (eds.) The Political Economy of Statebuilding: Power after Peace. Routledge, London, pp. 33-47.

Reilly, B. (2013) Parties, Electoral Systems, and Governance. In: Diamond, Larry, Plattner, Marc and Chu, Yun-han, (eds.) Democracy in East Asia: A New Century. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 16-30.

Reilly, B. (2013) Political parties and post-conflict peacebuilding. Civil Wars, 15 (S1). pp. 88-104.

Reilly, B. (2013) Political parties, electoral systems and democratic governance. In: Diamond, Larry, Plattner, Marc F. and Chu, Yun-han, (eds.) Democracy in East Asia: A New Century. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD, pp. 16-30.

Reilly, B. (2013) Presidentialism Reconsidered: The Relevance of an Old Debate. Ethnopolitics, 12 (1). pp. 82-85.

Reilly, B. (2013) Regionalism and Democracy in Asia: The Australia-Malaysia Nexus. In: Tazreiter, C. and Tham, S.Y., (eds.) Globalization and Social Transformation in the Asia-Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK, pp. 15-29.

Reilly, B. (2013) Semi-presidencialismo e Desenvolvimento Democratico na Asia Oriental. In: Feijo, Rui, (ed.) O Semi-presidencialismo Timorense. Almedina, Lisbon, pp. 123-142.

Reilly, B. (2013) The Shadow of China. In: Diamond, Larry, Platner, Marc and Chu, Yun-han, (eds.) Democracy in East Asia: A New Century. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, pp. 239-248.

Reilly, B. (2013) Southeast Asia: In The Shadow of China. Journal of Democracy, 24 (1). pp. 156-164.

2012

Reilly, B. (2012) Australia an aid superpower. Canberra Times .

Reilly, B. (2012) Asia’s surprising democratic renaissance. World Politics Review .

Reilly, B. (2012) Institutional Designs for Diverse Democracies: Consociationalism, Centripetalism and Communalism Compared. European Political Science, 11 (2). pp. 259-270.

Reilly, B. (2012) Preferential Voting and Political Engineering. In: Farrell, David and Shugart, Matthew, (eds.) Electoral Systems. Sage, New Delhi.

2011

Reilly, B. (2011) PM faces ‘frugal’ superpower dilemma. Canberra Times .

Reilly, B. (2011) Trade-offs in electoral reform. New York Times .

Reilly, B. (2011) Political Reform and the Demise of Consociationalism in Southeast Asia. In: Croissant, Aurel and Bünte, Marco, (eds.) The crisis of democratic governance in Southeast Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 114-130.

Reilly, B. (2011) Semi-Presidentialism and Democratic Development in East Asia. In: Elgie, Robert, Moestrup, Sophia and Wu, Yu-Shan, (eds.) Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 117-133.

Reilly, B. (2011) Understanding Elections in Conflict Situations. In: Gilles, David, (ed.) Elections in Dangerous Places: Democracy and the Paradoxes of Peace Building. McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal and KIngston, pp. 3-20.

2010

Reilly, B. (2010) Out of Steppe? On Campus .

Reilly, B. (2010) Centripetalism. In: Cordell, Karl and Wolff, Stefan, (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict. Routledge, New York, pp. 288-299.

2008

Reilly, B. (2008) Big task to tackle at Bali forum. Canberra Times .

Reilly, B. (2008) Semi-presidentialism and democratic development in East Asia grows. APEC Economies Newsletter, 12 (10).

Reilly, B. (2008) Japan’s return to Guadalcanal. The Wall Street Journal .

Reilly, B. (2008) Democratic Validation. In: Darby, John and Mac Ginty, Roger, (eds.) Contemporary Peacemaking: Conflict, Peace Processes and Post-War Reconstruction. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 230-241.

Reilly, B. (2008) Electoral Systems and Party Systems. In: Dalton, Russell, Shin, Doh and Chu, Yun-han, (eds.) Party Politics in East Asia: Citizens, Elections, and Democratic Development. Lynne Rienner Publishers, London, pp. 9-26.

Reynolds, A., Reilly, B. and Ellis, A. (2008) Electoral system design: The new international IDEA handbook. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Stockholm, Sweden.

Reilly, B. (2008) Ethnic conflict in Papua New Guinea. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 49 (1). pp. 12-22.

Reilly, B. (2008) Introduction. In: Reilly, Benjamin and Norlund, Per, (eds.) Political parties in conflict-prone societies: Regulation, engineering and democratic development. United Nations University Press, Tokyo, pp. 3-24.

Reilly, B., Nordlund, P. and Newman, E. (2008) Political Parties in Conflict-Prone Societies: Encouraging Inclusive Politics and Democratic Development. United Nations University Policy Brief No. 2 .

Reilly, B., Norlund, P. and Newman, E. (2008) Political parties in conflict-prone societies: Regulation, engineering and democratic development. Policy Brief, United Nations University, 2 . pp. 1-7.

Reilly, B. (2008) Post-conflict elections: Uncertain turning points of transition? In: Jarstad, A.K. and Sisk, T.D., (eds.) From War to Democracy: Dilemmas of Peacebuilding,. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 157-181.

Reilly, B. (2008) Post-war elections: Uncertain turning points of transition. In: Jarstad, Anna K. and Sisk, Timothy D., (eds.) From War to Democracy: Dilemmas of Peacebuilding. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., pp. 157-181.

Reilly, B. (2008) Semi-presidential democracy in East Asia. East Asia Forum, November .

2007

Reilly, B. (2007) Electoral Systems and Party Systems in East Asia. Journal of East Asian Studies, 7 (02). pp. 185-202.

Reilly, B. (2007) Democratization and Electoral Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region: Is There an "Asian Model" of Democracy? Comparative Political Studies, 40 (11). pp. 1350-1371.

Reilly, B. (2007) Democratization and Electoral Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region: Is there an “Asian Model” of Democracy? In: Farrell, David and Shugart, Matthew, (eds.) Electoral Systems. Sage, New Delhi, pp. 1350-1371.

Reilly, B. (2007) Electoral and political party reform. In: McLeod, R.H. and MacIntyre, A., (eds.) Indonesia: Democracy and the Promise of Good Governance. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, pp. 41-54.

Reilly, B. (2007) Political Engineering in the Asia-Pacific. Journal of Democracy, 18 (January). pp. 58-72.

2006

Reilly, B. (2006) Why do South Pacific nations need armies. The Wall Street Journal Asia .

Reilly, B. (2006) Dealing with divided societies. In: Diamond, L. and Plattner, M.F., (eds.) Electoral Systems and Democracy. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore USA, pp. 27-41.

Reilly, B. (2006) Democracy and Diversity Political Engineering in the Asia-Pacific. Oxford University Press, New York.

Reilly, B. (2006) Political engineering and party politics in conflict-prone societies. Democratization, 13 (5). pp. 811-827.

Reilly, B. (2006) Political reform in Papua New Guinea: Testing the evidence. Pacific Economic Bulletin, 21 (1). pp. 187-194.

2005

Reilly, B. (2005) Does the choice of electoral system promote democracy? The gap between theory and practice. In: Roeder, P.G. and Rothchild, D.S., (eds.) Sustainable Peace: Power and Democracy after Civil Wars. Cornell University Press, Ithaca NY, USA, pp. 159-171.

Reilly, B. (2005) Political engineering and ethnic politics in the Asia-Pacific. In: Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, March 05, 2005, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii USA

Reilly, B. (2005) Review of 'The Manipulation of Custom: from uprising to intervention in the Solomon Islands' by Jon Fraenkel. Pacific Economic Bulletin, 20 (3). pp. 141-142.

Reilly, B. and Wainwright, E. (2005) The South Pacific. In: Chesterman, Simon, Ignatieff, Michael and Thakur, Ramesh, (eds.) Making states work: State failure and the crisis of governance. United Nations University Press, New York, pp. 122-142.

2004

Reilly, B. (2004) Democratization and political reform in the Asia-Pacific: Is there an ‘Asian Model’ of institutional design?,. In: Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, 29 September - 1 October 2004, University of Adelaide

Reilly, B. (2004) Let’s invite Islanders to play in our backyard. The Australian .

Reilly, B. and Graham, K. (2004) Conflict through Asia and the Pacific: Causes and trends. In: Heijmans, Annelies, Simmonds, Nicola and van de Veen, Hans, (eds.) Searching for Peace in Asia Pacific. Lynne Rienner, Boulder and London, pp. 9-22.

Reilly, B. (2004) Elections in post-conflict societies. In: Newman, Edward and Rich, Roland, (eds.) The UN role in promoting democracy: Between ideals and reality. United Nations University Press, New York, pp. 113-134.

Reilly, B. (2004) Electoral systems and conflict management: Comparing STV and AV systems. Economic and Social Research Council, Swindon, U.K..

Reilly, B. (2004) Ethnicity, democracy and development in Papua New Guinea. Pacific Economic Bulletin, 19 (1). pp. 46-54.

Reilly, B. (2004) Options for an electoral system for local government in Guyana. In: Persaud, Patricia, (ed.) Decentralization and Local Government in the Caribbean. National Democratic Institute, Washington DC, USA, pp. 87-92.

Reilly, B. (2004) State functioning and state failure in the South Pacific. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 58 (4). pp. 479-493.

Reilly, B. (2004) The global spread of preferential voting: Australian institutional imperialism? Australian Journal of Political Science, 39 (2). pp. 253-266.

2003

Reilly, B. (2003) Political parties and political Engineering in the Asia-Pacific region. AsiaPacific Issues, 71 .

Reilly, B. (2003) Making our region a level playing field. Sydney Morning Herald .

Reilly, B. (2003) International electoral assistance: A review of donor activities and lessons learned. Clingendael Institute, Clingendael Institute, The Hague.

Henderson, J. and Reilly, B. (2003) Dragon in Paradise: China's Rising Star in Oceania. The National Interest, 72 . pp. 94-104.

Reilly, B. (2003) Government Structure and Electoral Systems. In: Center on International Cooperation, ., (ed.) Afghanistan: Towards a New Constitution. New York University,New York,, New York, USA, pp. 87-93.

2002

Reilly, B. (2002) Electoral reform in Indonesia. In: Continuing Dialogues Towards Constitutional Reform in Indonesia, October 2001, Jakarta, Indonesia

Reilly, B. (2002) Instant runoff ballots work, mates. Anchorage Daily News .

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

Reilly, B. (2002) Continuity and change in Papua New Guinea elections 1964-1997. In: May, Ronald James and Anere, Ray, (eds.) Maintaining Democracy: The 1997 Elections in Papua New Guinea. University of Papua New Guinea and Australian National University, Port Moresby and Canberra.

Reilly, B. (2002) Economic decline and political reform in Papua New Guinea. Pacific Economic Bulletin, 17 (2). pp. 134-140.

Reilly, B. (2002) Elections in Post-Conflict Scenarios: Constraints and Dangers. International Peacekeeping, 9 (2). pp. 118-139.

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

Reilly, B. (2002) Internal conflict and regional security in Asia and the Pacific. Pacifica Review: Peace, Security & Global Change, 14 (1). pp. 7-21.

Reilly, B. (2002) Internal conflict and regional security in island Asia: Stabilizing the “Arc of Instability”. In: Vaughan, Bruce, (ed.) The Unraveling of Island Asia?: Governmental, Communal, and Regional Instability. Praeger, Westport, CT and London, pp. 3-16.

Reilly, B. and Phillpot, R. (2002) "Making democracy work" in Papua New Guinea: Social capital and provincial development in an ethnically fragmented society. Asian Survey, 42 (6). pp. 906-927.

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

Reilly, B. (2002) 'A Reflection on South Pacific Regional Security': A Rejoinder. The Journal of Pacific History, 37 (3). pp. 323-324.

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

2001

Reilly, B. (2001) Strength lies in the Pacific footy hold. The Australian .

Reilly, B. (2001) Islands of neglect. Wall Street Journal Asia .

Reilly, B. (2001) Hanson preferential myth. The Australian Financial Review .

Reilly, B. (2001) The Borda count in the real world: the electoral system in the Republic of Nauru. Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, N.Z..

Reilly, B. (2001) Democracy in Divided Societies: Electoral Engineering for Conflict Management. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K..

Reilly, B. (2001) Evaluating the effect of the electoral system in post-coup Fiji. Pacific Economic Bulletin, 16 (1). p. 142.

Reilly, B. and Gratschew, M. (2001) Nauru. In: Nohlen, D., Grotz, F. and Hartmann, C., (eds.) Elections in Asia and the Pacific : A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford Scholarship Online.

Reilly, B. (2001) Papua New Guinea. In: Nohlen, Dieter, Grotz, Florian and Hartmann, Christof, (eds.) Elections in Asia and the Pacific : A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford Scholarship Online.

Reilly, B. (2001) Preferential voting and its political consequences. In: Sawer, Marian, (ed.) Elections: Full, Free and Fair. Federation Press, Sydney, NSW, pp. 78-95.

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

2000

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

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

Reilly, B. and Reynolds, A. (2000) Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies. In: Stern, Paul C. and Druckman,, Daniel, (eds.) International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War. National Academy Press, Washington DC, USA, pp. 420-482.

Reilly, B. (2000) Electoral Systems for Post-Conflict Societies: Lessons for Bosnia and Herzegovina’. In: NewTrends in Electoral Law in a Pan-European Context, 17-18 April, 1998, Sarajavo, Bosnia-Herzegovina pp. 115-127.

Reilly, B. and Maley, M. (2000) The Single Transferable Vote and the Alternative Vote Compared. In: Bowler, Shaun and Grofman, Bernard, (eds.) Elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta under the Single Transferable Vote: Reflections on an Embedded Institution. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor Michigan, USA, pp. 37-58.

1999

Reilly, B. (1999) East Timor's elections are first step for democracy. Asian Wall Street Journal .

Reilly, B. (1999) East Timor's elections are just a start. Asian Wall Street Journal .

Reilly, B. (1999) Regional unity draws near. Canberra Times .

Reilly, B. (1999) Electoral reform in Indonesia: the options. In: Suryakusuma, Julia I., (ed.) Almanac Parpol Indonesia (The Almanac of Indonesian Political Parties),. API, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Reilly, B. and Reynolds, A. (1999) Electoral systems and conflict in divided societies. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C..

Reilly, B. (1999) Party politics in Papua New Guinea: A deviant case? Pacific Affairs, 72 (2). pp. 225-246.

1998

Reilly, B. (1998) With no melting pot, a recipe for failure in Bosnia. International Herald Tribune .

Reilly, B. (1998) "Mixed" system an option. Jakarta Post .

Bloomfield, D. and Reilly, B. (1998) The changing nature of conflict and conflict management. In: Harris, Peter and Reilly, Ben, (eds.) Democracy and deep-rooted conflict: options for negotiators. International IDEA, Stockholm. Sweden, pp. 7-28.

Reilly, B., Bloomfield, D. and Ghai, Y. (1998) Analysing deep-rooted conflict. In: Harris, Peter and Reilly, Ben, (eds.) Democracy and deep-rooted conflict: options for negotiators. International IDEA, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 29-58.

Harris, P. and Reilly, B. (eds.) (1998) Democracy and Deep-Rooted Conflict: Options for Negotiators. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Stockholm, Sweden.

Reilly, B. (1998) Democratic levers: an introduction’. In: Harris, P. and Reilly, B., (eds.) Democracy and deep-rooted conflict: options for negotiators. International IDEA, Stockholm. Sweden, pp. 133-342.

Reilly, B. (1998) Fiji. In: Harris, Peter and Reilly, Ben, (eds.) Democracy and deep-rooted conflict: options for negotiators. International IDEA, Stockholm. Sweden, pp. 205-224.

1997

Reilly, B. (1997) Constitutional engineering and the alternative vote in Fiji: an assessment. In: Lal, Brij V. and Larmour, Peter, (eds.) Electoral Systems in Divided Societies: The Fiji Constitution Review. Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.

Reilly, B. (1997) Preferential voting and political engineering: A comparative study. The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 35 (1). pp. 1-19.

Reilly, B. (1997) The alternative vote and ethnic accommodation: New evidence from Papua New Guinea. Electoral Studies, 16 (1). pp. 1-11.

1996

Reilly, B. (1996) The effects of the electoral system in Papua New Guinea. In: Saffu, Yaw, (ed.) The 1992 PNG Election: Change and Continuity in Electoral Politics. Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.

Reilly, B. (1996) The elections at the coalface: reflections on the Cambodian experience. In: Selochan, Viberto and Thayer, Carlyle A., (eds.) Bringing democracy to Cambodia : peacekeeping and elections. Australian Defence Studies Centre, Canberra, ACT.