Overview
- Illuminates some of the financial backdrop to Hong Kong politics
- Illustrates the legacy of the British Empire in Hong Kong's legal and financial system
- Provides insights into the bedrock of 'rule of law' that has allowed Hong Kong to be a financial capital
Part of the book series: Hong Kong Studies Reader Series (HKSRS)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Historical Analyses
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Front Matter
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Comparative Analyses
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is a comprehensive, scholarly account of Hong Kong Public Budgeting, spanning from the pre-1997 British rule to the post-1997 Chinese rule. Transcending the existing comparative budgeting studies which are either central-government focused or symmetric local-government focused, this book presents Hong Kong Public Budgeting as a distinctive case of territorial autonomy.
It offers historical and comparative analyses of Hong Kong Public Budgeting, tracing the evolution of budgetary institutions and budgetary decision-making and examining the critical issues of budget openness, budget oversight, and budget allocation.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of comparative budgeting studies. It will also be an excellent text for public budgeting instructors and students in East Asia and Hong Kong.
Reviews
“This book is a treasure. It illustrates the uniqueness of the Hong Kong budgetary system, but more importantly, convincingly places it in a comparative context— a distinctive case of territorial autonomy. The book is a must-have for the classroom adoption of any teaching related to Hong Kong politics or budgetary system.”
—Professor Wang Xiaohu, City University of Hong Kong
“What adds value to the book is its historical-comparative analysis of budget openness, oversight institutions and practices, and deficit/surplus politics as observed in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Singapore, in the perspective of territorial autonomy. Breaking new ground in understanding some trends and issues, and making reference to the latest international studies and methodologies, this book is theoretically vigorous and of relevance to the worldwide research in comparative budgeting as well.”
—Professor Anthony B. L. Cheung, The Education University of Hong Kong
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Brian C.H. Fong is Associate Professor and Associate Director of The Academy of Hong Kong Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong. Specialized in great-power competition, democratization, and identity politics, he has produced more than 70 publications including a number of articles in top SSCI journals. He is also the founding editor of Hong Kong Studies Reader Series.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hong Kong Public Budgeting
Book Subtitle: Historical and Comparative Analyses
Authors: Brian C. H. Fong
Series Title: Hong Kong Studies Reader Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5363-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-5362-9Published: 26 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-5365-0Published: 27 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-5363-6Published: 25 October 2021
Series ISSN: 2523-7764
Series E-ISSN: 2523-7772
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 165
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Finance, Asian Economics, Business Taxation/Tax Law