1st Edition
Hong Kong from Britain to China Political Cleavages, Electoral Dynamics and Institutional Changes
By Li Pang-Kwong
Copyright 2001
292 Pages
by
Routledge
This title was first published in 2000: The Sino-British joint declaration in 1985 had called to the end of British rule in Hong Kong, but the impacts of the agreed introduction of popular election during the transitional period have still not fully emerged. Being granted Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong by China after 1997, Hong Kong people are suddenly exposed to the kind of politics... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Historical setting: the state and the society; The rise of the centre-periphery cleavage; State expansion and consumption cleavage; Development and alignment of political forces; The embryonic electoral market in the 1990s; Institutional design and conflict management; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Li Pang-Kwong
’...a book whose value transcends the normal range of electoral studies and it deserves to be read by all those concerned about the nature and evolution of politics in Hong Kong.’ Professor Michael Yahuda, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK ’...[has] something far more to offer than the mere analysis or interpretation of survey’s/polling results...’ Journal of Contemporary China
