Hong Kong's embattled democracy: a societal analysis

While many scholars of democratization focus on outside forces and legal change, political sociologist Alvin So argues that - in the case of Hong Kong - the societal dimension reveals more clearly the issues and difficulties of establishing a viable democracy. He shows how Hong Kong moved from being...

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Beteilige Person: So, Alvin Y. 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore [u.a.] Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 1999
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Zusammenfassung:While many scholars of democratization focus on outside forces and legal change, political sociologist Alvin So argues that - in the case of Hong Kong - the societal dimension reveals more clearly the issues and difficulties of establishing a viable democracy. He shows how Hong Kong moved from being a non-democracy in the 1970s, to a restricted democracy in the 1980s, to a contested democracy in the 1990s, and how Hong Kong now negotiates a democratic compromise under Chinese rule."--BOOK JACKET
Umfang:XIII, 309 S.
ISBN:0801861454