Hong Kong’s Indigenous Democracy: Origins, Evolution and Contentions

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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 197
Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction: The Uniqueness of Hong Kong Democracy....Pages 1-33
Historical Origins of the Hong Kong Model of Democracy and Interactions with the China Factor....Pages 34-58
The Dual Development of Rule of Law and Judicial Independence....Pages 59-87
The Role of Independent Agencies for Horizontal Accountability....Pages 88-103
Perspectives on the Occupy Central Movement....Pages 104-137
The Chief Executive Election and Hong Kong’s Indigenous Democracy....Pages 138-149
Conclusion....Pages 150-159
Back Matter....Pages 160-186

✦ Subjects

Political Sociology;Democracy;Asian Culture;US Politics;Political Science

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