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The Political Future of Hong Kong: Democracy within communist China: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

Autor Kit Poon
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 mai 2012
On July 1st, 2007, Hong Kong celebrated the 10th anniversary of its return to the People’s Republic of China, but the past decade has been a bumpy ride for both the Hong Kong people and the central leaders in China. In fact, in 2003 Beijing had already succumbed to public pressure within the fairly short period of its rule by abruptly replacing its handpicked first Chief Executive with a British-groomed civil servant.
This book examines the origin and evolution of Hong Kong’s political system, analyses the current contradictions in the system, and discusses how the system might develop in future. It focuses in particular on the office of Chief Executive in the context of Hong Kong’s transformation from a British colony to a Special Administrative Region in China. The dualistic structure of the Chief Executive’s office embodies a dilemma between two competing imperatives – Communist China’s imperative to retain a colonial political system where executive power is concentrated at the top; alongside the need to accommodate new, increasing demands for democratic representation within the territory.
The Political Future of Hong Kong demonstrates how the British legacy left its imprint on Hong Kong’s political system. It analyses the strategies adopted by the Sovereign state as it attempted to cope with demands for representative government in the post-handover years, and the strains placed on Hong Kong’s political institutions by the uneasy relationship between central government and local forces of liberal autonomy. Kit Poon examines the possibility of the introduction of universal suffrage for the selection of the Chief Executive, and considers how Hong Kong can secure a democratic future in the context of broader Beijing-Hong Kong relations.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415543026
ISBN-10: 0415543029
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 6 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Tables, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate

Cuprins

Introduction  1. British Legacy: Coping with Challenges  2. China’s Strategy: Constructing Vagueness as Compromise  3. Serving Two Masters: The Paradox of the Chief Executive  4. Contesting the Boundaries: Beijing and Democrats in Action  5. Democracy within Communist China: Possibilities and Constraints  6. Interpreting Accountability: Theories and Politics

Recenzii

'The Book's analytical framework represents a new approach that seriously considers Beijing's influence as a self-interested stakeholder in Hong Kong's future, without discounting continuing British legacies.' - Journal of Chinese Political Science, December 2008

Descriere

Focusing on the period since the handover of power to China, this book examines the origins and evolution of Hong Kong’s political system. Considering the prospects and problems of achieving liberal democracy within the communist Chinese state system, it provides useful insights into the meaning of central concepts in democratic political theory.