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Challenges & Prospects of Democratic Governance in Southeast Asia

CDI Director Ben Reilly participated in an international conference on "Challenges and Prospects of Democratic Governance in Southeast Asia" at the University of Heidelberg in January 2009. The conference focused on the variegated patterns of democratization and democratic rollback observed in Southeast Asia over the past two decades, bringing together scholars from around the world with expertise in issues of democratization, governance and Southeast Asian politics. Professor Reilly provided a paper on "Political Reform and the Demise of Consociationalism in Southeast Asia".

The conference was unusual in addressing questions of Southeast Asian politics from a theoretically-informed and explicitly comparative angle. The proceedings of the conference are now being prepared for submission to a major university press.

Click on the following links for a copy of Prof Reilly's paper and the conference program:

"Political Reform and the Demise of Consociationalism in Southeast Asia" | Professor Benjamin Reilly
Program - Challenges & Prospects of Democratic Governance in Southeast Asia - University of Heidelberg | January 2009


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	Crawford School of Economics and Government	The Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI) is a government-funded body that supports the efforts of new democracies in the Asia-Pacific region to strengthen their political systems. It provides training, technical assistance and peer support for parliamentarians and emerging leaders in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, with a particular focus on Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. The Australian Government established CDI in 1998. It is funded primarily by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). One of the primary ways in which CDI works to promote democracy is through strengthening parliamentary governance and political parties. The Centre focusses on parliamentary and political party development, and conducts flagship training courses and policy-relevant research on these subjects.
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