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Hong Kong's Problematic Democratic Transition: Power Dependency or Business Hegemony?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2010

Alvin Y. So
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Hong Kongs Political Development since the 1960s has seemed to indicate bright prospects for democratization, since Hong Kong had attained most of the “prerequisites” for democratization (Lipset 1994). Hong Kong had considerable wealth and a rising middle class, no extreme or intolerable inequalities, and a high level of socioeconomic development. According to the wealth explanation of Lipset (1959) and Huntington (1984), Hong Kong's robust economy should make possible high levels of urbanization, industrialization, education, literacy, and mass media exposure, all of which are conducive to democracy.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 59 , Issue 2 , May 2000 , pp. 359 - 381
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2000

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