The Politics Of District Elections And Administration In Hong Kong

Author : Sonny Shiu-Hing LO
Publisher : City University of HK Press
ISBN 13 : 9629376555
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of District Elections and Administration in Hong Kong written by Sonny Shiu-Hing LO and published by City University of HK Press. This book was released on 2023-04-06 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The introduction of elections to district advisory bodies during the early 1980s was expected to improve the public delivery of services. However, as time passed, electoral politics led to party politics, elite fragmentation and political struggles. Politicization and hyper-politicization in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has brought about a fluctuating pattern between administrative recentralization, the Tsang administration’s attempts at decentralization, and the post-2019 administrative recentralization. The purpose of this book is to study the intertwining relationship between district administration and electoral politics. It also examines the political transformation of District Councils after the promulgation of the National Security Law in late June 2020. Written by experts in the field, this book is a good reference source for readers interested in district elections, politics, and administration in Hong Kong.

Author : Hsin-chi Kuan
Publisher : Chinese University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789622018990
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power Transfer and Electoral Politics written by Hsin-chi Kuan and published by Chinese University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth analysis of the election of the Hong Kong Legislative Council in May 1998, which was the first general election in Hong Kong since the change of sovereignty to China in 1997. The election was conducted in the wake of the government's mismanagement of health policy and other aspects of public concern and amid widespread hardships inflicted by the Asian financial crisis. Nevertheless, the election still had the highest turnout rate in Hong Kong's entire history. The elected legislature replaced the Provisional Legislative Council, which was a product of the Sino-British conflict before the change-over. However, as a result of institutional design and electoral outcome, this duly-elected Legislative Council has been fragmented and weak in its legislative and supervisory powers; and therefore there are long-term implications for the governance of Hong Kong in general and for the executive-legislative relations in particular. Contributors to this volume are renowned scholars in Hong Kong studies. The various aspects of the 1998 legislative election are critically examined to ascertain their exact meanings and to clarify doubts. Questions such as the following are properly addressed Did the transfer of sovereignty have any impact on the systems of election, representation, and authority? What was the impact of institutional change on the conduct of electoral campaigns? Did the end of colonialism and the advent of "one country, two systems" help to activate Hong Kong voters who were once dubbed "attentive spectators"? Did the "China factor" which had been influential in the 1991 and 1995 elections give way to other electoral divisions?Did the mass media properly perform their roles during the election? Does the emergence of class and economic issues during the election signify a new era of "political normalization"? Will the now legitimately constituted Legislative Council have political clout? What is in store for the future?

Author : Bruce Kam-kwan Kwong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135229341
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Patron-Client Politics and Elections in Hong Kong written by Bruce Kam-kwan Kwong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines whether patron-client relations are critical to the electoral victory of candidates; how the political elites cultivate support from clients in order to obtain more votes during local elections; and tests the extent to which whether patron-client relations are crucial in order for candidates to obtain more ballots during elections.

Author : Joseph Yu-shek Cheng
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811203202
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Development In Hong Kong written by Joseph Yu-shek Cheng and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyzes the political development in Hong Kong in chronological order from the Sino-British negotiations till today. It focuses on the rule of the British administration before 1997; the Chinese leadership's policy towards Hong Kong; the changing attitudes and values of the Hong Kong people; the evolution of the pro-democracy movement in the territory; and the international environment affecting the Hong Kong situation.The author engages in detailed studies of the important events such as the Sino-British negotiations (1982-84), the impact of the Tiananmen Incident (1989), the protests against the Article 23 legislation (2003), and the Occupation Campaign (2014). At the same time, the author examines in depth the emergence and development of political parties in the territory; the strategies and tactics of the pro-Beijing united front; the results of important elections; the trends of public opinion as reflected by polls; and the development of civil society and its relationship with the political parties.As a key activist in the peaceful pro-democracy movement throughout the decades, the author has a deep insider's understanding of Hong Kong's political development which is presented and analyzed in the framework of academic analysis. Care has been taken to provide detailed sources which include many interviews of important parties.Related Link(s)

Author : Stan Hok-Wui Wong
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9812873872
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong written by Stan Hok-Wui Wong and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-29 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a novel and parsimonious framework to help understand Hong Kong’s lengthy democratic transition by analyzing the electoral dynamics of the city’s competitive authoritarian political system, where pro-Beijing and pro-democracy parties have struggled to keep each other in check. The author demonstrates how a relatively liberal media environment has shaped the electoral incentives of the opposition and the pro-establishment elite differently, which has helped the latter improve its basis of electoral support. The political explanation the book puts forward seeks to shed new light on why many autocracies are interested in regularly holding elections that are considered somewhat competitive. This book will be of great interest not only to specialists in comparative studies of democratization, but also to all those concerned with Hong Kong’s democratic transition.

Author : Wai-man Lam
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888139479
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics written by Wai-man Lam and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title describes the present political system and development in Hong Kong. The second edition assesses the main strands of continuity and change in Hong Kong's government and politics since the creation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 1997.

Author : Li Pang-Kwong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351792059
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hong Kong from Britain to China written by Li Pang-Kwong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 that they were not engaged in before. The transitional politics is further complicated by the fact that the majority of Hong Kong voters supported the democrats, whose political value and orientation differed from that of the Beijing government. In order to comprehend the collective behaviour of the Hong Kong voters, the author first traces the development of the Hong Kong state and put his readers into context of Hong Kong electoral politics. By adopting the cleavage approach in explaining the voters’ choice and the election results since the 1990, the author examines whether the existing institutional arrangements as established by the Basic law is capable of solving the political and electoral conflicts of the days.

Author : Rowena Y. F. Kwok
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789622093171
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Votes Without Power written by Rowena Y. F. Kwok and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to answer the questions related to the important election on the basis of extensive survey research in Kowloon Central constituency. There are also chapters which examine the wider implications of the election for the political system, voting behaviour in four Catholic parishes, and the electoral administration system.

Author : Ngok Ma
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9622098096
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Development in Hong Kong written by Ngok Ma and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the political development of Hong Kong before and after 1997, in particular the evolution of state-society relations in the last two decades, to analyze the slow development of democracy and governance in Hong Kong after 1997. This book is a most comprehensive analysis of the multi-faceted changes in Hong Kong in the last 20 years. The scope of changes analyzed included state functions and institutions, political changes such as party development and development of the Legislative Council, and social changes such as social movements, civil liberties, etc. It helps the reader understand the crisis of governance of Hong Kong after 1997, and the difficulty of democratic development in Hong Kong over the years. The book covers: changing state institutions in Hong Kong in the last few decades; party development in Hong Kong; the changing role and function of the legislature in Hong Kong; the evolution of social movement and movement organizational forms; media freedom, civil liberties, and the role of civil society; and theoretical discussions concerning governance problems and state-society relations in Hong Kong. Special emphasis is placed on how these changes brought about a new state-society relation, which in turn brought governance difficulties after 1997.

Author : Jermain T. M. Lam
Publisher : Nova Biomedical Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Dynamics of Hong Kong Under the Chinese Sovereignty written by Jermain T. M. Lam and published by Nova Biomedical Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics in Hong Kong was activated when Hong Kong started its democratisation process. Prior to the development of representative government in the mid 80s, politics in Hong Kong was 'absorbed by administrative consultation'. The 1989 June-fourth incident and the arrival of the last Governor, Chris Pattern, accelerated the democratisation process and intensified the competition for elected seats in the three-tier representative assemblies. Major political actors, including the liberals, businessmen, conservatives, Beijing officials, and the general citizenry were all divided on the issues of democracy and China -- Hong Kong relationship. With the introduction of directly elected seats to the Legislative Council, patterns of political interactions among political actors were largely transformed. The Legislative Council was turned into an active chamber of discussion; the relationship between the executive and legislature became tense; the leadership of the executive was challenged; the administrative officers and politicians became political competitors; and adversarial party politics was developed. The Chinese involvement further complicated the dynamics of politics in Hong Kong.