This book raises interesting questions about the process of democratisation in Hong Kong and asks why democracy has been so long delayed when the standard of li

This book reviews the political development of Hong Kong before and after 1997, in particular the evolution of state-society relations in the last two decades,

This book examines the government of Hong Kong since its handover to China in 1997, arguing that Hong Kong has been poorly governed and that this is what lies b

An analysis of the politics of transition in Hong Kong, focusing on the tug-of-war between China and Britain on democratization, and on the interactions between

While many scholars of democratization focus on outside forces and legal change, political sociologist Alvin So argues that - in the case of Hong Kong - the soc