Repositioning the Hong Kong government [[electronic resource] ] : social foundations and political challenges / / edited by Stephen Wing-kai Chiu and Siu-lun Wong

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462213703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 988-220-910-6; 1-283-57808-5; 9786613890535; 988-8053-85-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Collana: Hong Kong culture and society series
• Altri autori (Persone): ChiuStephen Wing-kai; WongSiu-lun
• Disciplina: 320.95125
• Soggetti: Public administration - China - Hong Kong; Electronic books.; Hong Kong (China) Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical notes and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Series foreword; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction: Repositioning the post-colonial Hong Kong government; 1. What will the twenty-first-century developmental state look like?; 2. State-market realignment in post-crises East Asia; 3. Eclectic corporatism and state interventions in post-colonial Hong Kong; 4. Governance crisis and changing state-business relations; 5. The development of citizenship in Hong Kong; 6. Civil society organizations and local governance in Hong Kong; 7. Housing policy at a crossroad?; 8. The role of government in managing cross-boundary co-operation between Hong Kong and mainland ChinaNotes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Contrary to popular mythology that upheavals of epic proportions would mark the end of the millennium, the twenty-first century actually dawned far less spectacularly than the doomsayers had predicted. Yet, it proved no less eventful as we all know. In particular, the world has witnessed a number of dramatic changes over the past few decades that have reverberated throughout the globe the end of the Cold War ; and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact bloc undoubtedly the most dramatic. The acceleration of the process of global integration turns out to be equally consequential, especially in the realms of economic flows since roughly the same time as the fall of the Berlin Wall. Stepping into the new century, we also witnessed the unprecedented September 11 terrorist attack upon the USA homeland in 2001 and rising tension between the Islamic and Anglo-American worlds.