Repositioning the Hong Kong Government

Social Foundations and Political Challenges

Stephen Wing-kai Chiu, Siu-lun Wong

• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Year: 2012
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9789882208636
• Subtopic: American Government
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The relationship between government and society in Hong Kong has become an intensely debated topic as the complexities of governance grow and the old strategies of consensus building without genuine public participation fail to satisfy. Lacking democratic credentials, the Hong Kong SAR government finds itself more and more limited in its capacity to implement policies and less able to rely on traditional allies. A society dissatisfied with old forms of governance has become ever more ready to mobilize itself outside of the formal political structures. This collection by leading scholars examines the Hong Kong government's efforts to reposition itself in the economy and society under the pressures of globalization, economic and political restructuring and the rise of civil society. Drawing on changing theoretical conceptions of state, market and citizenship, Repositioning the Hong Kong Government offers new interpretations of the problems of governance in Hong Kong and puts forward positive suggestions for resolving them. Repositioning the Hong Kong Government will be essential reading for scholars, students and policy-makers with an interest in Hong Kong society and politics, and to scholars of East Asian societies, globalization, and state-society relations.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Book Synopsis
• Author Biography
• Endorsements
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Series foreword
• Acknowledgements
• List of contributors
• Introduction: Repositioning the post-colonial Hong Kong government: The interplay of state, market and society
• 1 What will the twenty-first-century developmental state look like? Implications of contemporary development theory for the state's role
• 2 State-market realignment in post-crises East Asia: From GNP developmentalism to welfare developmentalism?
• 3 Eclectic corporatism and state interventions in post-colonial Hong Kong
• 4 Governance crisis and changing state-business relations: A political economy perspective
• 5 The development of citizenship in Hong Kong: Governance without democracy
• 6 Civil society organizations and local governance in Hong Kong
• 7 Housing policy at a crossroad? Re-examining the role of the Hong Kong government in the context of a volatile housing market
• 8 The role of government in managing cross-boundary co-operation between Hong Kong and mainland China
• Notes
• References
• Index