Public Policymaking in Hong Kong: Civic Engagement and by Eliza W.Y. Lee,Elaine Y.M. Chan,Joseph C.W. Chan,Peter T.Y.
By Eliza W.Y. Lee,Elaine Y.M. Chan,Joseph C.W. Chan,Peter T.Y. Cheung,Wai Fung Lam,Wai Man Lam
Why and the way has civic engagement emerged within the coverage means of Hong Kong as an Asian semi-democratic country? This booklet makes an attempt to reply to this question via analyzing six instances that straddle varied coverage domain names. It identifies 3 explanatory components, particularly, the profile of a coverage area, the constitution of societal curiosity, and the energy of the civil society zone as very important in shaping the state’s approach in coping with society, therefore its propensity to interact. those components have an effect on the result via dynamic interplay among the country and societal actors. The findings defined within the booklet convey that the advance of civic engagement in Hong Kong contains either society-led and state-led instances. Society-led improvement led to a excessive measure of openness and inclusiveness, while state-led civic engagement practices tended to be strategies used by the country for appeasing or depoliticizing civil society. in comparison with different Asian regimes, using ‘transgressive competition’ which will compel the nation to have interaction society is a function that stands proud within the liberal autocratic regime in Hong Kong.
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