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The University of Hong Kong Department of Politics and Public AdministrationPOLI3020 Hong Kong PoliticsFirst Semester, 2021- Thu 13:30-15:Instructor: Dr. Stephan Ortmann Tel. 52292883 (WhatsApp, Signal) ortmann@googlemail Office hour: by appointmentTutor: Mr. Rocky Yuen yuenhy@hku Office hour: by ap...

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The University of Hong Kong Department of Politics and Public Administration

POLI3020 Hong Kong Politics First Semester, 2021-21 Thu 13:30-15:20 Instructor: Dr. Stephan Ortmann Tel. 52292883 (WhatsApp, Signal) [email protected] Office hour: by appointment Tutor: Mr. Rocky Yuen [email protected] Office hour: by appointment Course Objectives This course offers students a comprehensive understanding of the major actors, institutions, and processes in Hong Kong politics. It introduces students to the relevant literature and help them develop comparative perspectives in analyzing Hong Kong politics. Course Learning Outcomes 1. To understand the major political actors, institutions, and processes in Hong Kong politics. 2. To get familiarized with the literature and research focuses on Hong Kong politics. 3. To develop comparative perspectives for studying Hong Kong politics. 4. To gain analytical, research, and communicative skills in studying Hong Kong politics. Course-programme Level Learning Outcome Alignment CLOs

GL-LLB PLOs

GL PLOs

PPA major PLOs

1

6,9

6,9

6,10

2

1

1

1

3

6,9

6,9

3,5

4 7,10 7,10 Note: Please refer to Appendix 1 for details of PLOs

4,9

Assessment Methods Assessment methods

Assessment ratio

Aligned Course Learning Outcomes (the item number of CLOs)

Participation

10%

4

Presentation

20%

1,2,3,4

Research paper (2000-3000

40%

1,2,3,4

words) Paper due: 20 Oct (midnight) Final exam

30%

1,2,3,4

Academic Misconduct Warning: The Department of Politics and Public Administration expects that all students work will conform to the highest standards of academic integrity. Student’s work will be scrutinized for academic misconduct, which includes plagiarism of other’s words and/or ideas, falsification, fabrication, and misuse of data. Student’s submitted work will be scrutinized for plagiarism through use of Turnitin (http://lib.hku.hk/turnitin/turnitin.html; www.turnitin.com). In the event a student submits work that appears to be plagiarized—whether essays, presentations, or other course material—they will be asked to explain themselves to the instructor. The Department does not tolerate plagiarism, whether direct, indirect, or self plagiarism. Direct plagiarism is intentionally and completely lifting the words, equations, charts, graphs or artistic material of another author or authors. Indirect plagiarism is failing to cite completely or accurately, and/or copying themes, ideas, or sources the student has read from another author or authors. Self plagiarism is recycling papers, documents, equations, and so forth from a document previously submitted by the student without quotation, citation, or attribution of the previous work. Acts of plagiarism could result in heavy penalties, including disciplinary action. For more information about the policy on plagiarism at HKU, please visit: http://www.hku.hk/plagiarism. Additional References Hong Kong Fact Sheets (especially the part on “Basic Law” and “Government Structure”): https://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/ Legislative Council website: https://www.legco.gov.hk/general/english/intro/know_lc.htm English media: South China Morning Post; Hong Kong Free Press, The Standard. Search engine for academic texts: https://scholar.google.com Course Contents Week 1: Introduction Week 2: Politics under colonial rule: Democracy denied (Sep 9) Ambrose Y. King, ‘Administrative Absorption of Politics in Hong Kong: Emphasis on the Grassroots Level,’ Asian Survey 15 (1975), 422-439. Kuan Hsin-chi, ‘Power Dependence and Democratic Transition: The Case of Hong Kong,’ China Quarterly 128 (1991), 774-793. Siu-kai Lau, ‘Decolonization without Independence: The Unfinished Political Reforms of The Hong Kong Government,’ Centre for Hong Kong Studies, CUHK (1987). Ortmann, Stephan. Politics and Change in Singapore and Hong Kong. Abingdon and New York: Routledge (2010), Ch. 3. Week 3: Establishing the Special Administrative Region (Sep 16) Chan, Ming K. “Democracy derailed: Realpolitik in the Making of the Hong Kong Basic Law, 198590,” in: Chan, Ming K., and David J. Clark, eds. The Hong Kong Basic Law: Blueprint for" Stability and Prosperity" under Chinese Sovereignty? Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1991. Ch 1.

Ghai, Yash. "The Past and the Future of Hong Kong's Constitution." The China Quarterly 128 (1991): 794-813. Pepper, Suzanne. "Elections, political change and Basic Law government: The Hong Kong system in search of a political form." The China Quarterly 162 (2000): 410-438. Week 4: The Executive-Dominant System and the Civil Service & Governance crisis after 1997 (Sep 23) Lam, Wai-man, Percy Luen-tim Lui, and Wilson Wong, eds. Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics: Expanded Second Edition. Vol. 2. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2012. Ch. 2 & 5. Cheung, Anthony BL. "Executive-Led Governance or Executive Power ‘Hollowed-Out’—The Political Quagmire of Hong Kong." Asian Journal of Political Science 15, no. 1 (2007): 17-38. Lam, Wai Fung. "Coordinating the government bureaucracy in Hong Kong: An institutional analysis." Governance 18, no. 4 (2005): 633-654. Zhang Baohui ‘Political Paralysis of the Basic Law Regime and the Politics of Institutional Reform in Hong Kong,’ Asian Survey 49 (2009), 312-332. Eliza W.Y. Lee and Rikkie L.K. Yeung, ‘The Principal Officials Accountability System: Its Underdevelopment as a System of Ministerial Government,’ Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration (2017), 120-134. Ma Ngok, ‘Value Changes and Legitimacy Crisis in Post-Industrial Hong Kong,’ Asian Survey 51(2011), 683-712. Week 5: Elections, the Legislative Council, and District Councils (Sep 30) Fong, Brian. "In-between liberal authoritarianism and electoral authoritarianism: Hong Kong’s democratization under Chinese sovereignty, 1997–2016." Democratization 24, no. 4 (2017): 724-750. Lam, Wai-man, Percy Luen-tim Lui, and Wilson Wong, eds. Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics: Expanded Second Edition. Vol. 2. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2012. Ch. 3 & 8. Lee, Eliza W.Y., ‘United Front Organizations as a Political Machine: Political Clientelism, Authoritarian Elections, and Electoral Breakthrough in Hong Kong,’ Taiwan Journal of Democracy 16:2 (2020), pp. 101-120. Week 6: The Judiciary and the Rule of Law (Oct 7) Lam, Wai-man, Percy Luen-tim Lui, and Wilson Wong, eds. Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics: Expanded Second Edition. Vol. 2. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2012. Ch. 4 Tai, Benny YT. "Judicial autonomy in Hong Kong." China Information 24, no. 3 (2010): 295-315. Chan, Cora, and Fiona De Londras, eds. China's National Security: Endangering Hong Kong's Rule of Law? London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. Ch. 1. Week 7. Reading week (Oct 14) Week 8: The rise of civil society (Oct 21) Ngok Ma, Political Development in Hong Kong: State, Political Society, and Civil Society (HK: HKU Press, 2007), ch.8. ________, ‘Civil Society and Democratization in Hong Kong: Paradox and Duality,’ Taiwan Journal of Democracy 4 (2008), 155-75. Ortmann, Stephan. 2021. “Civil Society,” unpublished draft chapter.

Week 9: The Umbrella Movement (Oct 28) Ortmann, Stephan. "The umbrella movement and Hong Kong's protracted democratization process." Asian Affairs 46, no. 1 (2015): 32-50. Eliza W.Y. Lee, ‘State-Mobilized Campaign and the Democratic Movement in Hong Kong, 2013-15,’ in E. Perry, G. Ekiert, and X.J. Yan (eds.), Ruling by Other Means: State-Mobilized Social Movements (NY: Cambridge University Press, 2020), ch.12. Yuen, Samson, and Edmund W. Cheng. "Neither repression nor concession? A regime’s attrition against mass protests." Political Studies 65, no. 3 (2017): 611-630. Week 10: The identity question (Nov 4) Wing Sang Law, ‘Decolonisation Deferred: Hong Kong Identity in Historical Perspective,’ in W.M. Lam and L. Cooper (eds.), Citizenship, Identity and Social Movements in the New Hong Kong: Localism after the Umbrella Movement (NY: Routledge, 2018), ch.1. Paul Morris and Edward Vickers, ‘Schooling, Politics and the Construction of Identity in Hong Kong: the 2012 “Moral and National Education” Crisis in Historical Context,’ Comparative Education 51 (2015), 305-26. Sebastian Veg, ‘The Rise of “Localism” and Civic Identity in Post-Handover Hong Kong: Questioning the Chinese Nation-State." The China Quarterly (2017), 323-47. Samson Yuen and Sanho Chung, ‘Explaining Localism in Post-Handover Hong Kong: An Eventful Approach,’ China Perspectives (2018), 19-29. Week 11: The Anti-Extradition Bill movement and the National Security Law (Nov 11) Francis Lee, ‘Solidarity in the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement in Hong Kong,’ Critical Asian Studies 52 (2020), 18-32. Francis Lee, Samson Yuen, Gary Tang, and Edmund W. Cheng, ‘Hong Kong’s Summer of Uprising: from Anti-Extradition to Anti-Authoritarian Protests. The China Review (2019), 1-32. Jean-Pierre Cabestan and Laurance Daziano, Hong Kong: The Second Handover (Paris: Fondation pour L’innovation Politique, 2020). Week 12: Economic integration and the future of One Country, Two Systems (Nov 18) Yun-Wing Sung, ‘Becoming part of one national economy: maintaining two systems in the midst of the rise of China,’ in Lui, Chiu, and Yep (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Hong Kong, ch.3. Jean-Pierre Cabestan and Eric Florence, ‘Twenty Years after the Handover: Hong Kong’s Political and Social Transformation and Its Future under China’s Rule,’ China Perspectives (2018), 3-6. Samson Yuen, ‘Under the Shadow of China: Beijing’s Policy towards Hong Kong and Taiwan in Comparative Perspective,’ China Perspectives (2014), 69-76. Week 13: Final exam (Nov 25) Tutorial All tutorial meetings are compulsory. Each student should prepare a presentation of 10-15 minutes. Students have the choice of making a presentation on one of the following topics. Tutorial topics 1. Why did the colonial state fail to democratize Hong Kong? 2. How and why did the concept of “one country, two systems” emerge? 3. Discuss the major cause of the governance crisis in the post-colonial period.

4. Discuss the role of democratic institutions in Hong Kong and its relationship to the Chinese partystate. 5. Discuss the rise of civil society and its impact on the pro-democracy movement. 6. Discuss the significance of the Umbrella movement on the political development of Hong Kong. 7. Discuss the rise of localism and its significance for Hong Kong politics. 8. How did the Extradition Bill movement turn into a major political crisis? Analyze with regard to the characteristics of the political regime of Hong Kong. 9. Discuss the political consequence of economic integration between Hong Kong and mainland China.

Appendix Programme Learning Outcomes (updated June 2020) Bachelor of Social Sciences (Government and Laws) and LLB Curriculum PLO1. Demonstrate a solid understanding of the key concepts in political science, political theory, public administration, international relations, legal analysis, legal theory, legal systems, and international law; PLO2. Possess effective skills in social scientific and legal research as applied to the study of public affairs and legal issues among different political, social, and cultural environments across nations; PLO3. Demonstrate a solid understanding of the body of legal knowledge and the capacity to critically analyse and evaluate legal principles at a level required to meet the standards and expectations of the legal profession and the community-at-large; PLO4. Show awareness of social issues and conditions, and utilize knowledge derived from political and legal studies and rhetorical advocacy techniques for the betterment of society; PLO5. Develop the skills and appreciation for teamwork through participating in group activities and internships; PLO6. Apply the knowledge, lawyering skills and legal reasoning to real situations in life, with a view to resolving issues, problems and disputes within the legal parameters. Bachelor of Social Sciences (Government and Laws) Curriculum (opt-out 4-year) PLO1. Demonstrate a solid understanding of the key concepts in political science, political theory, public administration, international relations, legal analysis, legal theory, legal systems, and international law; PLO2. Possess effective skills in social scientific and legal research as applied to the study of public affairs and legal issues among different political, social, and cultural environments across nations; PLO3. Demonstrate a solid understanding of the body of legal knowledge and the capacity to critically analyse and evaluate legal principles at a level required to meet the standards and expectations of the legal profession and the community-at-large; PLO4. Show awareness of social issues and conditions, and utilize knowledge derived from political and legal studies and rhetorical advocacy techniques for the betterment of society; PLO5. Develop the skills and appreciation for teamwork through participating in group activities and internships. Bachelor of Social Sciences – Major/minor in PPA PLO1. Demonstrate a solid understanding of the key concepts in political science, political theory, public administration, government operations, international relations and legal systems; PLO2. Understand critically and apply sensitively political science theories and research methods to analyze political complexities across national and international contexts;

PLO3. Reflect critically on learning of political science and public administration theories in practice to meet the standards and expectations of the public sphere profession and the community-at-large; PLO4. Acquire specific knowledge and sensitive awareness of the formal, social and cultural aspects of political institutions and behavior; PLO5. Develop the skills and appreciation for teamwork through participating in group activities and internships; PLO6. Develop a comprehensive understanding of the complexities and intricacies of human society, and the ability to identify leverage points for policy and social actions. (updated June 2020)...