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Functional constituencies : a unique feature of the Hong Kong Legislative Council / edited by Christine Loh and Civic Exchange.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Civic Exchange guides.
- Civic Exchange guides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elections--China--Hong Kong.
- Elections.
- Functional representation.
- Election law--China--Hong Kong.
- Election law.
- Hong Kong (China)--Politics and government--1997-.
- Hong Kong (China).
- Hong Kong (China). Legislative Council--Elections.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (413 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book provides detailed information on: the relevant law of functional constituencies, their place in the Basic Law and with respect to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, their history, a full list of functional constituencies and the size and make-up of their electorates including how certain major companies may control large numbers of votes.
- Contents:
- Contents; CDROM Contents; Tables and figures; PREFACE; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 - Government and business alliance:Hong Kong's functional constituencies; CHAPTER 2 - Business friendly and politically convenient - the historical role of functional constituencies; CHAPTER 3 - Privileged to vote: Inequalities and anomalies of the FC system; CHAPTER 4 - Elected by the elite: Functional constituency legislators and elections; CHAPTER 5 - The legal status of functional constituencies
- CHAPTER 6 - Comparative profiles and attitudes of FC voters versus GC voters in the 2004 LegCo election campaignCHAPTER 7 - The dynamics of social policy making in Hong Kong: The role of functional representatives (1998-2004); CHAPTER 8 - The contribution of the functional constituencies to economic policy in Hong Kong, 2000-2004; CHAPTER 9 - Non-positive interventionism:How functional constituencies distort the free market; CHAPTER 10 - 'One person, one vote': The US electoral system and the functional constituencies; CONCLUSION Functional constituencies:The way forward
- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONSNOTES FOR CHAPTERS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-70743-4
- 9786612707438
- 988-220-369-8
- OCLC:
- 650826136
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