The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Its First Decade
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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Its First Decade

  1. 930 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 17 Jan |Learn more

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Its First Decade

About this book

This book with 24 essays was written by a team of distinguished Hong Kong experts with a unique overview of their respective areas of expertise. A wide range of issues addressing the political, social and economic implications relating to the development of HKSAR was covered.

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction: Hong Kong Since Its Return to China: A Lost Decade?
  2. 1. Democratic Development in Hong Kong: A Decade of Lost Opportunities
  3. 2. Citizensā€™ Evaluations of Legitimacy in Post-colonial Hong Kong: Results of a Longitudinal Study *
  4. 3. To What Extent Have Members of the Functional Constituencies Performed the ā€œBalancing Roleā€ in Hong Kong?
  5. 4. The Mainlandization and Recolonization of Hong Kong: A Triumph of Convergence over Divergence with Mainland China
  6. 5. From Tung Chee-hwa to Donald Tsang: Chinaā€™s Grudging Self-Correction and Policy Re-orientation towards Hong Kong in the Lost Decade
  7. 6. Hong Kong in between China and the Great Powers: The External Relations and International Status of Hong Kong after the Chinese Resumption of Sovereignty
  8. 7. Hong Kong in the Eyes of the International Community
  9. 8. The Economy
  10. 9. Hong Kong Peopleā€™s Economic Attitudes 1997ā€“2007
  11. 10. Mainland Chinaā€“Hong Kong Economic Relations
  12. 11. From Free Port to Competition: Is Asiaā€™s World City Playing Catch-up?
  13. 12. Labour and Society
  14. 13. Class, Mobility and Social Transformation: Hong Kong Before and After 1997
  15. 14. Responding to Poverty, Income Inequality and Social Welfare: The Neo-liberalist Government Versus a Social Investment State
  16. 15. The HKSARā€™s Welfare Policy and Services for the Elderly
  17. 16. Outmoded Planning in the Face of New Politics
  18. 17. The Environment After 1997
  19. 18. From Excitement to Disillusionment: The Lessons of Education Reform in Hong Kong, 1997ā€“2007
  20. 19. Housing (1997ā€“2007)
  21. 20. Transport Policy
  22. 21. Review of the Health System
  23. 22. The Radio Phone-in Talk Show as the Peopleā€™s Council in Postcolonial Hong Kong
  24. 23. The Catholic Role in Hong Kong SARā€™s Governance: Past and Present
  25. Authors
  26. Index