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Out of the Shadow of 1997?: The 2000 Legislative Council Elections in Hong Kong

by Hsin-Chi Kuan
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9789629960308
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 364
  • Original Price: USD 26.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 545 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Political Process / Campaigns & Elections and Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General

Hong Kong's Legislative Council Elections have been riddled with difficulties. The first, partial elections introduced in 1991 were tainted by the traumatic memories of the events of June 4, 1989. The elections of 1995 bore the marks of the bitter Sino-British controversies over Hong Kong's political reforms. As a result of the derailed "through train", the first general election after the change of sovereignty to China in 1997 produced a two-year successor to the Provisional Legislative Council, which in turn was troubled by the Asian Financial Crisis. In light of this, the elections held in September 2000 offered Hong Kong a new lease on life. A full, four-year term legislature was thus elected under conditions that were relatively free from the issues that characterized 1997 uncertainties over the political future of Hong Kong, the attendant anxieties of the Hong Kong people, and the tortuous struggle over reform initiatives among the political powers.
This book draws on a wide range of local and overseas expertise to provide an in-depth study of the various aspects of the 2000 Legislative Council elections in Hong Kong. These aspects include: the basic conditions under which the elections took place, the role of labour, the District Councillors and media reporting, the decisive effect of the proportional representation system, factionalism in the Democratic Party, voting propensity, and the issues of identity, campaign finance, democratization, and the degree of political participation.

Kuan Hsin-chi is professor and chair in the department of political science and public administration at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Lau Siu-kai is professor and chair of the department of sociology, and associate director of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Timothy Ka-ying Wong is a researcher officer of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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