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Hong Kong's tortuous democratization : a comparative analysis /

This book raises interesting questions about the process of democratisation in Hong Kong and asks why democracy has been so long delayed when the standard of living in Hong Kong has become so middle class.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sing, Ming, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
Series:RoutledgeCurzon contemporary China series ; 2.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Studying Hong Kong from a comparative perspective: an anomaly for modernization theory (1980 mid-2002); Hong Kong's democratization: outcome of bargaining among multiple actors; Why was Hong Kong an anomaly before 1984? Lack of top-down and bottom-up democratization (1946 84); Britain's first retreat from rapid democratization and formation of the first pro-democratic alliance.