Democratization in Hong Kong and China / Lynn T. White III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Lynn T., III, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization--China--Hong Kong.

Democratization.

Democratization--China.

Hong Kong (China)--Politics and government--1997-.

Hong Kong (China).

China--Politics and government--2002-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado ; London, [England] : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hong Kong and its relationship with China make for a uniquely intriguing study in democratization. What has hindered or caused greater popular sovereignty in Hong Kong? Over what time period and under what conditions could further democratization occur? Addressing these questions through the lens of comparative democratization theories, Lynn White explores Hong Kong's complicated politics-and how further democratization in Hong Kong could affect China.

Contents:

Title Page ; Copyright page ; Dedication ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1- Can Comparative Democratization Theory Help Explain Hong Kong's Politics?; Notes; Chapter 2- Exploring Fears of Asset Redistribution; China Trade and Domestic Oligopolies GeneratedLocal Boom, Inequality, and Rents; Competitive External Markets Generate an Ideology That Local Oligopolies Disprove; Constitutional Corruption by Corporations; Hesitant Government Spending for Family Welfare; Existential Commitments to Avarice and Work; Corporate Welfare in the Housing Market; Homeownership and Economic Well-Being

Land Supply, Official Lies, Property Tycoon Interests, and Constitutional CorruptionCorporate Welfare at Government Expense in Sectors Other Than Housing; Future Economic and Environmental Governance for the People of Hong Kong?; Notes; Chapter 3- Exploring British and Chinese Legacies; British Governors' Vice-Regal Independence and Variability; Preparations by Governments and PartiesSurrounding the Handover; Communist Party Plans for a "Capitalist" Dictatorship of the Super-Rich; Preparations by Governments and Parties Surrounding the Handover; Traditions About Wealth, Work, and Legitimacy

The Provisional Legco's "Hare Quota Multimember" Electoral Law to Disfavor DemocratsThe Electoral Law, Policy Cleavages, and Seats for Eccentrics with Pluralities; Interest Aggregation Quandaries, Functional Constituencies, and Practical Legitimacy; Campaigns by the Frontier, Democratic Party, Liberal Party, and DAB as Frail Elections Made Strong Politics; Electoral Politics as Anti-Government, When Businesses Control the State; Public Struggle and Private Goals as Main Interests, with Ideologies as Secondary; Turnout Under Rain, Protests Under Rain, and the "Theory of Apathy"

Results in Successive Legco Elections: Democrats Win at First, Then the DAB Vote RisesHomes, the Asian Financial Crisis, SARS, Legco Independence, and Tung's Bad Luck; Unfulfilled Constitutional Promises: Beijing Disingenuousness or Disorganization?; Legacies of Executive Power: Now with Public Elections That Create Politics; Appendix: Parties, Personalities, and Policies in Hong Kong's Mid-1990s Foundational Elections; Notes; Chapter 4- Exploring the Impact of Modern Wealth ; Conditions for Democratization of the Vice-Regal Executive-and Then Legco?

State Democratization from Modernization of Nonstate Polities or Individuals' Values?Economic Catalysts of Political Change in Hong Kong; Media Information Diversity as the Modernity Most Relevant to Democratization; Reporters' Work, Media Pluralism, Commercialization, and Limits on Political Advertising; Clean Elections as a Claim That "Hong Kong People Run Hong Kong"; Notes; Chapter 5- Exploring Elite Decisions ; Hong Kong Identity? Chinese Identity? Hong Kong-Chinese? Chinese-Hong Kong?; Participation or Apathy as Led by "Fox" or "Lion" Elites That Rule to Survive

Breeding Politicians and Parties

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-538-0