​This book aims to provide a clear, concise and accessible reader on the story of political transition of Hong Kong from the British colonial times to the Chinese SAR period in comparative politics contexts. It offers a unique integrated conceptual framework for studying Hong Kong Politics through combined center-periphery, democratization and governance perspectives, thereby helping readers to understand and interpret the various dimensions of Hong Kong Politics in a comprehensive and holistic way. Experienced researchers of Hong Kong Politics will find this book illuminating while new readers of Hong Kong Politics from different sub-fields of comparative political studies will find it a handy introductory text. This book is an excellent resource for instructors and students of Asian Studies, China Studies, Taiwan Studies and Hong Kong Studies.


Brian C. H. Fong is Associate Director/Associate Professor of the Academy of Hong Kong Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong. Specialized in China’s influence, territorial autonomies and democratization, he has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals such as Democratization, International Review of Administrative Sciences, China Quarterly, Modern China, and Asian Survey.