Hong Kong''s Indigenous Democracy - Origins, Evolution and Contentions

Zusatztext "Sonny Lo's book on Hong Kong is timely and breaks new ground in its examination of the challenges of political change in a society that since 1997 has been pushing for more democracy from China. This study of Hong Kong also offers keen insight into China's approach to political change and protest." Bob Beatty, author of Democracy, Asian Values, and Hong Kong "A 'must read' for anyone studying Hong Kong's political system under 'One Country, Two Systems'. This book demonstrates that Hong Kong has developed into a democracy with home-grown characteristics' within the People's Republic of China. It provides an important case study of the politics of autonomy at the sub-national level an increasingly significant phenomenon in the contemporary world." Albert H.Y. Chen, Chan Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Hong Kong "As an engaged public intellectual with local roots, Greater China sensitivity and global visions, Sonny Lo offers a refreshing and insightful reconnaissance of Hong Kong's troubled democratization of the past three decades. He pinpoints the omnipresent China Factor's crucial transformation from an external into an internal factor since the city's 1997 retrocession to China. He highlights key dimensions of Hong Kong's quest for indigenous democracy as a contest of divergent political cultures, competing interest blocs, and above all, Beijing's 'national security' obsession (i.e. the CCP-PRC party-state's survival) versus perceivedforeign subversion via 'Trojan Horse' Hong Kong. An eye-opening chapter dissects the autumn 2014 Umbrella Movement as more than an unprecedented civic disobedience campaign for 'genuine universal suffrage' against Beijing's pre-screening of HKSAR chief executive electoral candidates but also as an upsurge in Hong Kong localism led by local youth against Beijing's paternalistic control. Definitely, this is a vital contribution to comparative democratization and post-colonial studies." Ming K. Chan, Visiting Scholar, Center for East Asia Studies, Stanford University, USA Informationen zum Autor Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He formerly worked at the University of Waterloo, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Murdoch University, and the University of East Asia in Macau. He is an internationally recognized expert on the politics of Hong Kong and Macao. Klappentext This book is a unique contribution to the study of democratization in Hong Kong, with chapters including the legal tradition in Hong Kong, the features of Hong Kong's indigenous democracy, the 2014 Umbrella Movement, and the evolution of the Chief Executive election. Zusammenfassung This book is a unique contribution to the study of democratization in Hong Kong! with chapters including the legal tradition in Hong Kong! the features of Hong Kong's indigenous democracy! the 2014 Umbrella Movement! and the evolution of the Chief Executive election. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: The Uniqueness of Hong Kong Democracy and Its Implications for Comparative Politics 1. Historical Origins of the Hong Kong Model of Democracy and Interactions with the China Factor 2. The Dual Development of Rule of Law and Judicial Independence 3. The Role of Independent Commission Against Corruption, Audit Commission, the Commissioner for Administrative Complaints, and the Equal Opportunities Commission 4. Perspectives on the Occupy Central Movement and Implications for Democratization  5. The Chief Executive Election and Hong Kong's Indigenous Democracy  6. Conclusion Bibliography Index...

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List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Uniqueness of Hong Kong Democracy and Its Implications for Comparative Politics
1. Historical Origins of the Hong Kong Model of Democracy and Interactions with the China Factor
2. The Dual Development of Rule of Law and Judicial Independence
3. The Role of Independent Commission Against Corruption, Audit Commission, the Commissioner for Administrative Complaints, and the Equal Opportunities Commission
4. Perspectives on the Occupy Central Movement and Implications for Democratization 
5. The Chief Executive Election and Hong Kong's Indigenous Democracy 
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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"Sonny Lo's book on Hong Kong is timely and breaks new ground in its examination of the challenges of political change in a society that since 1997 has been pushing for more democracy from China. This study of Hong Kong also offers keen insight into China's approach to political change and protest." Bob Beatty, author of Democracy, Asian Values, and Hong Kong
"A 'must read' for anyone studying Hong Kong's political system under 'One Country, Two Systems'. This book demonstrates that Hong Kong has developed into a democracy with home-grown characteristics' within the People's Republic of China. It provides an important case study of the politics of autonomy at the sub-national level an increasingly significant phenomenon in the contemporary world." Albert H.Y. Chen, Chan Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Hong Kong
"As an engaged public intellectual with local roots, Greater China sensitivity and global visions, Sonny Lo offers a refreshing and insightful reconnaissance of Hong Kong's troubled democratization of the past three decades. He pinpoints the omnipresent China Factor's crucial transformation from an external into an internal factor since the city's 1997 retrocession to China. He highlights key dimensions of Hong Kong's quest for indigenous democracy as a contest of divergent political cultures, competing interest blocs, and above all, Beijing's 'national security' obsession (i.e. the CCP-PRC party-state's survival) versus perceivedforeign subversion via 'Trojan Horse' Hong Kong. An eye-opening chapter dissects the autumn 2014 Umbrella Movement as more than an unprecedented civic disobedience campaign for 'genuine universal suffrage' against Beijing's pre-screening of HKSAR chief executive electoral candidates but also as an upsurge in Hong Kong localism led by local youth against Beijing's paternalistic control. Definitely, this is a vital contribution to comparative democratization and post-colonial studies." Ming K. Chan, Visiting Scholar, Center for East Asia Studies, Stanford University, USA

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"Sonny Lo's book on Hong Kong is timely and breaks new ground in its examination of the challenges of political change in a society that since 1997 has been pushing for more democracy from China. This study of Hong Kong also offers keen insight into China's approach to political change and protest." Bob Beatty, author of Democracy, Asian Values, and Hong Kong
"A 'must read' for anyone studying Hong Kong's political system under 'One Country, Two Systems'. This book demonstrates that Hong Kong has developed into a democracy with home-grown characteristics' within the People's Republic of China. It provides an important case study of the politics of autonomy at the sub-national level an increasingly significant phenomenon in the contemporary world." Albert H.Y. Chen, Chan Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Hong Kong
"As an engaged public intellectual with local roots, Greater China sensitivity and global visions, Sonny Lo offers a refreshing and insightful reconnaissance of Hong Kong's troubled democratization of the past three decades. He pinpoints the omnipresent China Factor's crucial transformation from an external into an internal factor since the city's 1997 retrocession to China. He highlights key dimensions of Hong Kong's quest for indigenous democracy as a contest of divergent political cultures, competing interest blocs, and above all, Beijing's 'national security' obsession (i.e. the CCP-PRC party-state's survival) versus perceivedforeign subversion via 'Trojan Horse' Hong Kong. An eye-opening chapter dissects the autumn 2014 Umbrella Movement as more than an unprecedented civic disobedience campaign for 'genuine universal suffrage' against Beijing's pre-screening of HKSAR chief executive electoral candidates but also as an upsurge in Hong Kong localism led by local youth against Beijing's paternalistic control. Definitely, this is a vital contribution to comparative democratization and post-colonial studies." Ming K. Chan, Visiting Scholar, Center for East Asia Studies, Stanford University, USA

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• Authors: Shiu Hing Lo, Sonny Lo, Sonny Shiu Lo, Sonny Shiu Hing Lo, Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9781137397133
• ISBN: 978-1-137-39713-3
• No. of pages: 197
• Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy; Theories, Concepts and Practic; The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy; Theories, Concepts and Practic
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Political sociology; Asien, Amerika, B, Kulturwissenschaften, Cultural Studies, Politik und Staat, Democracy, Political Science, Political Sociology, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, The Americas, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, US Politics, United States—Politics and government, Asian Culture, Ethnology—Asia, American Politics, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie