Contrived Laissez-Faireism The Politico-Economic Structure of British Colonialism in Hong Kong /

• Main Author: Mizuoka, Fujio (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The Political Economy of the Asia Pacific,
• Subjects: Public policy.; Great Britain-Politics and government.; Asia-Politics and government.; Public Policy.; British Politics.; Asian Politics.

This book analyses neo-liberal economic policy in Hong Kong and its relationship to British colonial governance. Using historical, political, and economic examples, the author argues that the growth and stability experienced by Hong Kong in the post-WWII/pre-1997 era was a direct result of policies...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Neo-Liberalism and Political Domination: The Laissez-faire in British Colonialism
• Chapter 2: History of Space Subsumption in Hong Kong
• Chapter 3: Class, Ethnicity and Space in the Post-War Squatter Problem of Hong Kong
• Chapter 4: Post-War Industrialization and Crown Land Policies in the Development of Kwun Tong
• Chapter 5: The Making of the Underground Railway System in Hong Kong under Neo-Liberalism: 1965-1985
• Chapter 6: International Boundaries and the Restructuring of Class Relations
• Chapter 7: Contrived Competition in Education
• Conclusion.