Overview
- Examines the social and political development of Hong Kong, ahead of the twentieth anniversary of its return to China in 2017
- Identifies the underlying fractures in the existing design and operation of “One Country Two Systems”
- Appeals to students and scholars of political science, public policy and Asian studies
Part of the book series: Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy (PEPP)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Constitutional and Political Fractures
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Economic and Social Fractures
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Central-Local Tensions and Identity Fractures
Keywords
- postcolonialism
- legislative
- umbrella movement
- free market capitalism
- political activism
- financialization
- social welfare
- marketization
- globalization
- China
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- Sino-British Joint Declaration
- One Country, Two Systems
- housing policy
- human rights
- censorship
- decolonization
- constitutional reform
- executive
- legislative
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Brian C.H. Fong is Associate Director of The Academy of Hong Kong Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong.
Professor Lui Tai-lok is Vice President (Research and Development), Chair Professor of Hong Kong Studies and Director of The Academy of Hong Kong Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong. Â
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hong Kong 20 Years after the Handover
Book Subtitle: Emerging Social and Institutional Fractures After 1997
Editors: Brian C.H. Fong, Tai-Lok Lui
Series Title: Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51373-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
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 International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51372-0Published: 20 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84633-0Published: 17 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51373-7Published: 10 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2524-7441
Series E-ISSN: 2524-745X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 347
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Asian Politics, Legislative and Executive Politics, History of China