ABSTRACT
Hong Kong has undergone sweeping transformation since its return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. This is a multidisciplinary assessment of the new regime and key issues, challenges, crises and opportunities confronting the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 4|28 pages
Changing Political Cleavages in Post-1997 Hong Kong
A Study of the Changes Through the Electoral Arena
chapter 7|31 pages
Chapter 1 of Hong Kong's New Constitution
Constitutional Positioning and Repositioning
chapter 8|22 pages
Legal Facets of Hong Kong SAR Economic Development
Colonial Legacy and Constitutional Constraint
chapter 10|26 pages
“Fifty Years No Change”?
Land-Use Planning and Development in Hong Kong Under Constitutional Capitalism
chapter 11|24 pages
Hong Kong's Language Policy in the Postcolonial Age
Social Justice and Globalization
chapter 13|21 pages
Walking a Tight Rope
Hong Kong's Media Facing Political and Economic Challenges Since Sovereignty Transfer
chapter 14|20 pages
Postcolonial Cultural Trends in Hong Kong
Imagining the Local, the National, and the Global
chapter 15|22 pages
Conclusion: Crisis and Transformation in the Hong Kong SAR
Toward Soft Authoritarian Developmentalism?
