Hong Kong'S Governance Under Chinese Sovereignty: The Failure Of The State-Business Alliance After 1997 (Routledge Research On Social Work, Social Policy And Social Development In Greater China)

Since the handover in 1997, the Hong Kong Government has suffered a crisis of governance, and this book is a critical re-examination of this crisis under the Tung Chee-hwa and Donald Tsang administrations. It presents a novel interpretation of Hong Kong's governance crisis, moving beyond an opposition-centred explanation of post-1997 politics, to a state-centric perspective based on governing coalition building and state capacity. By establishing the causal relationship between the failure of the state-business governing coalition and the governance crisis facing the post-colonial state, Brian C. H. Fong broadens our understanding of the governance problems and political confrontations after 1997. Furthermore, this book is an important case study of a hybrid regime which combines both democratic and authoritarian elements. This book will enrich and broaden the existing literature on Hong Kong's public governance and will shed new light on the territory's political developments. As such it will be welcomed by students and scholars interested in Chinese politics, Hong Kong politics, and governance.

• | Author: Brian C. H. Fong
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Sep 17, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 278 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0415738288
• | ISBN-13: 9780415738286