Comparative Hong Kong Politics

A Guidebook for Students and Researchers
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-981-10-9788-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 416 g

This guidebook for students offers a survey of comparative politics intended for use in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is one of the world's great cities, but its political future has never been hazier. Mass protests, contested elections, a 2047 transition causing uncertainty in financial and business elites- for Hong Kong, it is the best of times as well as the worst of times. Hong Kong University politics scholar Matthew Wong brings a clear-headed and fact-based approach, introducing Hong Kong to scholars of comparative politics even as he introduces comparative politics to students in Hong Kong, with this new area-specific reference work, a mix of theory and insights into how political theory can be of value in understanding the case of Hong Kong, complete with datasets and quantitative information that helps to disentangle fact from myth. For Hong Kong residents, scholars, students, and members of civil society, this book will be a breath of fresh air. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wong, Mathew Y. H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Unit I: What is Comparative Hong Kong Politics? Chapter 1: Comparative Politics: An Introduction (3,238 words) Chapter 2: Methods in Comparative Politics (5,863 words) Chapter 3:Hong Kong Politics: An Overview (5,701 words) 
Unit II: Political Regime Chapter 4: State (5,674 words) Chapter 5: Democracy (10,788 words) Chapter 6: Democratization (10,077 words)
 Unit III: Political Institutions Chapter 7: Presidentialism and Parliamentarism (5,497 words) Chapter 8: Political Parties and Party Systems (8,166 words) Chapter 9: Electoral Systems (6,942 words) Chapter 10: Holistic Approaches to Political Institution Design (11,053 words) 
Unit IV: Political Economy Chapter 11: Democratic and Authoritarian Performances (7,575 words)

Über Autor(innen)

Mathew Y. H. Wong (Ph.D., Essex) is Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. He has extensive teaching experience, including the University of Essex, the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Open University of Hong Kong. He is currently teaching undergraduate courses in Comparative Politics and Hong Kong Politics at the University of Hong Kong.