Executive-Led Governance or Executive Power ‘Hollowed-Out’—The Political Quagmire of Hong Kong
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 6233325 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Anthony B L Cheung (City University of Hong Kong, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2007 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 17-38 |
| Data de publicação | 2007-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Asian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02185370701315566 |
| OpenAlex | W2070624318 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 9 |
| Referências citadas | 15 |
The Chief Executive of Hong Kong has inherited from the former British colonial governor wide-ranging constitutional powers as built into the Basic Law. Such powers are expected to facilitate an executive-led government. However, this article argues that since the handover in 1997, there had been a steady process of hollowing-out of executive power under the rule of former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, resulting from growing political challenges, policy failure, and internal fissures, which pushed the administrative state to the brink of a ‘disabled state’. His successor faced the daunting task of rebuilding a new form of governance based on reconnection between political institutions and sectoral and civil society interests. So far, the political quagmire has remained
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| Obras citantes distintas | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 0,47 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2007 - 2021 (15) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 9 |