Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Studying Hong Kong from a comparative perspective: an anomaly for modernization theory (1980 mid-2002); Hong Kong's democratization: outcome of bargaining among multiple actors; Why was Hong Kong an anomaly before 1984? Lack of top-down and bottom-up democratization (1946 84); Britain's first retreat from rapid democratization and formation of the first pro-democratic alliance
Summary
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 living in Hong Kong has become so middle class
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-299) and index
