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Author Sing, Ming, 1960-

Title Hong Kong's tortuous democratization : a comparative analysis / Ming Sing.

Publication Info. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 303 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Routledgecurzon contemporary China series ; 2
RoutledgeCurzon contemporary China series ; 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-299) and index.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Studying Hong Kong from a comparative perspective: an anomaly for modernization theory (1980 mid-2002); Hong Kong's democratization: outcome of bargaining among multiple actors; Why was Hong Kong an anomaly before 1984? Lack of top-down and bottom-up democratization (1946 84); Britain's first retreat from rapid democratization and formation of the first pro-democratic alliance.
Summary This book raises interesting questions about the process of democratisation in Hong Kong and asks why democracy has been so long delayed when the standard of living in Hong Kong has become so middle class.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Democracy -- China -- Hong Kong.
Democracy.
China -- Hong Kong.
Democratization -- China -- Hong Kong.
Democratization.
Hong Kong (China) -- Politics and government.
Hong Kong (China) -- Politics and government -- 1997-
Chronological Term Since 1997
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Sing, Ming, 1960- Hong Kong's tortuous democratization. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 0415320542 (DLC) 2003014481 (OCoLC)52773518
ISBN 0203180402 (electronic book)
9780203180402 (electronic book)
9786610057122
6610057125
9780415320542
0415320542
9781134360741
1134360746
0415320542 (Cloth)