LINGNAN UNIVERSITY Department of Political Science POL3214 Government and Politics of Hong Kong Course Schedule and Reading List 2Nd Term 2017-18
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LINGNAN UNIVERSITY Department of Political Science POL3214 Government and Politics of Hong Kong Course Schedule and Reading List 2nd Term 2017-18 Instructor: Li Pang-kwong (李彭廣), Ph.D. Office: Room 315, 3/F, Dorothy Y. L. Wong Building Office Hour: Wednesday: 15:30-17:20; Thursday: 12:30-13:20 & 15:30-16:20 Phone: 2616-7186 E-mail: [email protected] Course Description: This course is an introductory course on the basic political institutions and the evolving political system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The fundamentals of the Basic Law and its impacts on the political life of the HKSAR will be examined. This course will also explore the behavioural and cultural aspects of Hong Kong politics, such as the changing political culture and pattern of political participation, and the problems that the HKSAR government encounters. Aims: It aims to provide students with: 1. a basic knowledge of the operation and the dynamic evolution of the political system of the HKSAR; and 2. an understanding of the uniqueness and issues of the governance of Hong Kong. Learning Outcomes: After completion of this course, students will be able: 1. to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the political system of Hong Kong; 2. to account for the dynamics of the party and electoral markets developed since the 1980s; 3. to articulate views on the fundamental political and governing problems that the HKSAR encountered; and 4. to comprehend the trend of political developments and institutional changes ahead. Assessments: Students will be assessed in the following three ways: 1. tutorial performance (25%): presentation, 12%; comments, 8%; and participation, 5%; 2. individual/group term paper (15%); and 3. written examination (60%). Academic Integrity: Students shall be aware of the University regulations about dishonest practice in course work and the possible consequences as stipulated in the Regulations Governing University Examinations. Indicative Schedule & Readings 18 January 2018 Housekeeping week 25 January & 1 February 2018 I. Introduction: Hong Kong in Historical Perspective a. Birth of the British colony b. The creation of a minimal state c. China’s repossession of Hong Kong 李後,1997 年。《回歸的歷程》。香港:三聯書店。 杜葉錫恩(隋麗君譯),2004年。《我眼中的殖民時代香港》。香港:香港文匯出版社。 金堯如,1998 年。《中共香港政策秘聞實錄》。香港:田園書屋。 *許家屯,1993年。《許家屯香港回憶錄》。香港:香港聯合報有限公司。 陳佐洱,2012年。《我親歷的香港回歸談判》。香港:香港鳳凰書品文化出版有限公司。(Chen Zuo'er. 2013. The Last 1,208 Days and Nights: Negotiations on the Handover of Hong Kong. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press.) 黃文放,1997年。《中國對香港恢復行使主權的決策歷程與執行》。香港:香港浸會大學林思齊東西 學術交流研究所。 1 Chan, Wai-kwan. 1991. The Making of Hong Kong Society: Three Studies of Class Formation in Early Hong Kong. Oxford: Clarendon. *Chan, Kai-cheung. 1993. “History.” In Choi Po-king and Ho Lok-sang, eds. The Other Hong Kong Report 1993, pp. 455-83. *Cheung, Siu-Keung. 2014. “Reunification through Water and Food: The Other Battle for Lives and Bodies in China’s Hong Kong Policy.” China Quarterly 220: 1012-1032. Cottrell, Robert. 1993. The End of Hong Kong: The Secret Diplomacy of Imperial Retreat. London: John Murray. *Endacott, G.B. 1964. Government and People in Hong Kong, 1841-1962: A Constitutional History. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Hook, 1997. “From Repossession to Retrocession: British Policy towards Hong Kong 1945-1997.” In Li, Political Order and Power Transition in Hong Kong, pp. 1-29. Lethbridge, H.J. 1978. Hong Kong: Stability and Change. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. *Miners, Norman. 1987. Hong Kong under Imperial Rule, 1912-1941. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. *Mark, Chi-kwan. 2017. The Everyday Cold War: Britain and China, 1950-1972. London: Bloomsbury. Preston, Peter W. 2016. The Politics of China-Hong Kong Relations: Living with Distant Masters (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar), chap. 2. *Sutton, Christopher. 2017. Britain’s Cold War in Cyprus and Hong Kong: A Conflict of Empires (Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan), chaps 7 & 11. Tok, Sow Keat. 2013. Managing China's Sovereignty in Hong Kong and Taiwan. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Tsai, Jung-fang. 1993. Hong Kong in Chinese History: Community and Social Unrest in the British Colony, 1842-1913. New York: Columbia University Press. Wesley-Smith, Peter. 1980. Unequal Treaty 1898-1997: China, Great Britain and Hong Kong’s New Territories. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. Yahuda, Michael. 1993. “Dilemmas and Problems in the Sino-British Negotiations over Hong Kong.” The Pacific Review 6 (4):375-80. Yahuda, Michael. 1996. Hong Kong: China’s Challenge. London & New York: Routledge. 8 & 22 February 2018 (15 February: Chinese New Year Holiday) II. Political System of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region a. The Basic Law – the framework of post-1997 governance b. “Executive-led” government? c. Accountability System for Principal Officials d. Local administration and its developments *李彭廣,2008年。「從『共識政治』到『否決政治』:香港行政立法關係的質變」,《香港社會科 學學報》第34期,頁27-55。 李彭廣,2012年。《管治香港:英國解密檔案的啟示》。香港:牛津大學出版社。 *蕭蔚雲,2003年。《論香港基本法》(北京:北京大學出版社),頁39-43, 73-157, 829-834。 *Burns, John. 2004. Government Capacity and the Hong Kong Civil Service (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), chaps. 3 & 5. Cheung, Chor-yung. 2009. Public Service Neutrality in Hong Kong: Problems and Prospects.” Australian Journal of Public Administration 68 (S1): S17-S26. Cheung, Chor-yung. 2011. “How Political Accountability Undermines Public Service Ethics: the Case of Hong Kong.” Journal of Contemporary China 20 (70): 499-515. *Constitutional Affairs Bureau, HKSAR. 2002. Accountability System for Principal Officials. (http://www.info.gov.hk/cab/topical/index6.htm). Harris, Peter. 1988. Hong Kong: A Study in Bureaucracy and Politics (Hong Kong: MacMillan), chaps. 3 & 6. *Information Office of the State Council, the People's Republic of China. 2014. The practice of the “One Country, Two Systems” policy in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. *Lam, Wai-man, Percy Luen-tim Lui and Wilson Wong, eds. 2012. Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics. Expanded Second Edition (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press), chaps. 1-6. Lo, Pui Yin. 2014. The Judicial Construction of Hong Kong's Basic Law: Courts, Politics and Society after 1997. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 2 Fong, Brian C. H. and Tai-Lok Lui, eds. 2018. Hong Kong 20 Years after the Handover: Emerging Social and Institutional Fractures After 1997 (Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan), chaps. 2-3. *Miners, Norman J. 1998. The Government and Politics of Hong Kong. 5th ed., with post-handover update by James T.H. Tang (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), chaps. 5-12. 1 & 8 March 2018 III. Power and Policy-making Process a. The nature of the Hong Kong state b. Beijing’s role in the politics of Hong Kong c. Changing role of the senior bureaucrats d. Privileged position of business and professional interests e. Emergence of civic society *Burns, John. 2004. Government Capacity and the Hong Kong Civil Service (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), chap. 4. Cheek-Milby, Kathleen. 1989. “The Civil Servant as Politician: The Role of the Official Member of the Legislative Council.” In Cheek-Milby, Kathleen and Miron Mushkat, eds. 1989. Hong Kong: the Challenge of Transformation (Hong Kong: Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong). Cheung, Anthony B. L. and Paul C. W. Wong. 2004. “Who Advised the Hong Kong Government? The Politics of Adsorption before and after 1997.” Asian Survey 44 (6): 874-94. Chiu, Stephen Wing-kai & Siu-lun Wong, eds. 2012. Repositioning the Hong Kong Government: Social Foundations and Political Challenges (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press), chap. 3. *Davies, S.N.G. 1977. “One Brand of Politics Rekindled.” Hong Kong Law Journal 7: 44-80. *Fong, Brain C. H. 2014. Hong Kong’s Governance under Chinese Sovereignty: The Failure of the State- Business Alliance after 1997. Abingdon, Oxon & New York, NY; Routledge. *Goodstadt, Leo F. 2005. Uneasy Partners: The Conflict between Public Interest and Private Profit in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Harris, Peter. 1988. Hong Kong: A Study in Bureaucracy and Politics (Hong Kong: MacMillan), chaps. 4-5. *King, Ambrose Y.C. 1975. “The Administrative Absorption of Politics in Hong Kong: Emphasis on the Grass Roots Level.” Asia Survey 15:422-39. *Lau, Siu-kai. 1982. Society and Politics in Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press), chaps. 2 & 6. Lethbridge, H.J. 1978. Hong Kong: Stability and Change (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), chaps. 3-5. Leung, Benjamin K.P. 1990. “Power and Politics: A Critical Analysis.” In Benjamin K. P. Leung, ed. Social Issues in Hong Kong, pp. 13-42. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. *Loh, Christine. 2010. Underground Front: the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Loh, Cristine and Civic Exchange, eds. 2006. Functional Constituencies: A Unique Feature of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press), chaps. 1-2 & 7-9. Lo, Sonny Shiu-hing. 2008. The Dynamics of Beijing-Hong Kong Relations: A Model for Taiwan? Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. *Preston, Peter W. 2016. The Politics of China-Hong Kong Relations: Living with Distant Masters (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar), chap. 3. So, Bennis Wai Yip & Yuang-kuang Kao, eds. 2014. The Changing Policy-making Process in Greater China: Case Research from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Abingdon, Oxon & New York, NY: Routledge. Tam, Waikeung. 2013. Legal Mobilization under Authoritarianism: The Case of Post-Colonial Hong Kong. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press. *Tsang, Steve Yui-sang. 2007. Governing Hong Kong: Administrative Officers from the Nineteenth Century to the Handover to China, 1862-1997. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 3 15 & 22 March 2018 IV. Political Reforms in Hong Kong a. The Young Plan b. The City District Officer Scheme c. The development of representative government d. Patten Proposals e. Post-1997 reform initiatives Chan, Joseph and Elaine Chan.