{"product_id":"hong-kongs-tortuous-democratization-ming-sing-9780415320542","title":"Hong Kong's Tortuous Democratization: A Comparative Analysis","description":"This book raises interesting questions about the process of democratization in Hong Kong. It asks why democracy has been so long delayed when Hong Kong's level of socio-economic development has become so high. It relates democratization in Hong Kong to wider studies of the democratization process elsewhere, and it supplements the received wisdom - that democracy was delayed because of colonial rule and by the opposition of China - with new thinking, for example, that its quasi-bureaucratic authoritarian political structure vested power in bureaucrats who refused to have top-down democratization; a politically weak civil society and a non-participant political culture that crippled bottom-up democratization; plus the division between pro-democratic civil society and political society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ming Sing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415320542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415320542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.54w x 0.95d","brand":"Ming Sing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136072069375,"sku":"9780415320542","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_018256eb-5cf3-4bbc-8bd3-4e9fad852291.jpg?v=1770160322","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hong-kongs-tortuous-democratization-ming-sing-9780415320542","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}