Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong Protest, Patronage, and the Media /

• Main Author: Wong, Stan Hok-Wui (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Political science.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.

This book offers a novel and parsimonious framework to help understand Hong Kong’s lengthy democratic transition by analyzing the electoral dynamics of the city’s competitive authoritarian political system, where pro-Beijing and pro-democracy parties have struggled to keep each other in check. The a...

Table of Contents:

• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• 1.1: Media Environment and Civil Society in Hong Kong
• 1.2: Elections in Hong Kong
• 1.3: The Puzzle
• 1.4: My Argument
• 1.5: Why Hong Kong?
• 1.6: The Methodology
• 1.7: Plan of the Book
• Chapter 2: Protest and Patronage: A Theory of Electoral Contest in Competitive Authoritarianism
• 2.1: About the Stakeholders
• 2.2: The Analytical Model
• 2.2.1: Baseline Model: Single Source of Protests
• 2.2.2: Multiple Sources of Protests
• 2.3: Conclusion
• 2.4: Appendix: Proofs
• Chapter 3: Birds in a Cage: Political Institutions and Civil Society in Hong Kong
• 3.1: Historical Background
• 3.2: Major Institutional Arrangements under the Basic Law
• 3.2.1: Relationship between the Central Government and the HKSAR
• 3.2.2: Judiciary
• 3.2.3: Civil Liberties
• 3.2.4: Chief Executive
• 3.2.5: Legislature
• 3.2.6: Interpretation and Amendment of the Basic Law
• 3.3: Last Years of the Colonial Administration
• 3.4: After 1997
• 3.5: July 1, 2003
• 3.6: Conclusion
• Chapter 4: Power to the People: Changing Electoral Strategies of the Pro-democracy Opposition Elite
• 4.1: Political Developments after the July 1, 2003 Protest
• 4.1.1: Emergence of New Parties
• 4.1.2: Rise of Contentious Politics
• 4.1.3: Rise of Internal Strife within the Opposition Camp
• 4.2: Key Developments of Civil Society
• 4.3: Conclusion
• Chapter 5: All Politics is Local: Grassroots Strategy of Beijing-sponsored Parties
• 5.1: The Pro-Beijing Camp: Changes and Continuities
• 5.2: Building a United Front at the Grassroots
• 5.3: Beijing-sponsored Parties’ Incentives
• 5.4: Beijing-sponsored Parties’ Grassroots Strategy in Action
• 5.4.1: Defending Their Own Turf
• 5.4.2: Invading Rivals’ Turf
• 5.4.3: Candidate Selection
• 5.5: "Independent" Candidates- 5.6: Redistricting
• 5.7: Conclusion
• Chapter 6: Surrounding the Cities from the Countryside: An Empirical Assessment of the Electoral Effects
• 6.1: The Causal Mechanisms
• 6.2: The Electoral Effects
• 6.2.1: A First Glance
• 6.2.2: A Closer Look
• 6.3: Conclusion
• 6.4: Appendix: Details on the Regression Discontinuity Design
• Chapter 7: Elephants versus Termites: Lessons from Hong Kong
• Appendix A Interviews Conducted
• bibliography
• Index.