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

1) Comparative Politics: An Introduction.- 2) Methods in Comparative Politics.- 3) Hong Kong Politics: An Overview.- 4) State.- 5) Democracy.- 6) Democratization.- 7) Presidentialism and Parliamentarism.- 8) Political Parties and Party Systems.- 9) Electoral Systems.- 10) Holistic Approaches to Political Institution Design.- 11) Democratic and Authoritarian Performances.- 12) Income Inequality.- 13) Conclusion.

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.