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

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...

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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-591492023-11-11T06:30:28Z Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong: Protest, Patronage, and the Media Wong, Stan Hok-Wui General Government Politics and government -- 1997 Hong Kong 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 author demonstrates how a relatively liberal media environment has shaped the electoral incentives of the opposition and the pro-establishment elite differently, which has helped the latter improve its basis of electoral support. The political explanation the book puts forward seeks to shed new light on why many autocracies are interested in regularly holding elections that are considered somewhat competitive. This book will be of great interest not only to specialists in comparative studies of democratization, but also to all those concerned with Hong Kong’s democratic transition. 2015-11-05T07:51:50Z 2015-11-05T07:51:50Z 2015 Book 978-981-287-387-3 978-981-287-386-6 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/59149 en application/pdf Springer
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Government
Politics and government -- 1997
Hong Kong
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Government
Politics and government -- 1997
Hong Kong
Wong, Stan Hok-Wui
Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong: Protest, Patronage, and the Media
description 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 author demonstrates how a relatively liberal media environment has shaped the electoral incentives of the opposition and the pro-establishment elite differently, which has helped the latter improve its basis of electoral support. The political explanation the book puts forward seeks to shed new light on why many autocracies are interested in regularly holding elections that are considered somewhat competitive. This book will be of great interest not only to specialists in comparative studies of democratization, but also to all those concerned with Hong Kong’s democratic transition.
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title Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong: Protest, Patronage, and the Media
title_short Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong: Protest, Patronage, and the Media
title_full Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong: Protest, Patronage, and the Media
title_fullStr Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong: Protest, Patronage, and the Media
title_full_unstemmed Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong: Protest, Patronage, and the Media
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