published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

Tse Hoi Man Tiffany. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2004-2005, design report." / Chapter 0. --- Introduction / Chapter 0.1 --- Background / Chapter 0.2 --- Purpose / Chapter 0.3 --- Content / Chapter Part I --- Research Study / Chapter 1. --- Background / Chapter 1.1 --- 6 Police Housing in Hong Kong / Chapter 1.2 --- Timeline of evolution of Street in the air / Chapter 2. --- Comparison Study / Chapter 2.1 --- Building / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Immersble Villa / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Unite d'Habition / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Golden Lane / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Park Hill / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Robin Hood Garden / Chapter 2.1.6 --- Police Housing . Ho Man Tin / Chapter 2.1.7 --- Police Housing . Cheung Sha Wan / Chapter 2.1.8 --- Police Housing . North Point / Chapter 2.2 --- Issue / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Site / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Circulation (pubic) / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Circulation (private) / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Access to Unit / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Street Design / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Structure and Facade Relationship / Chapter 2.2.7 --- Unit Organization and Unit Layout / Chapter Part II --- Design / Chapter 1. --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Cheung Sha Wan Police Housing as experiment / Chapter 2. --- Programme / Chapter 2.1 --- Research on current police hostel / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Shun Lee Disciplined Services Quarters / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Sau Mou Ping Disciplined Services Quarters / Chapter 2.2 --- Programme for the modification of existing police hostel / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Combination of units / Chapter 3. --- Conceptual Study / Chapter 3.1 --- Transformation of stair core / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Exploration on unit combination with different circulation approaches / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Public vs. private circulation / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Final version / Chapter 4. --- Final Design / Chapter 4.1 --- Block Level / Chapter 4.2 --- Flat Level

As a conclusion, the Chinese state's coercive capacity that has been solidified under enforced "decentralization" in the reform era, does not necessarily coincide with state building theories that are based on Western European countries' historical experiences. Western theories regard "modern state building" as a process within which the state gradually centralizes and monopolizes the coercive power "from top to bottom." However, the development pattern of state coercive capacity in China during the reform era suggests a somewhat different path composed of two stages: decentralization from top to bottom and re-centralization from top to bottom. In this sense, the experience of solidifying state coercive capacity in reform China enriches existing state building theories by adding a new angle for understanding state building. / First, decentralization of coercive force characterizes the institutional arrangement that undergirds state coercion in reform China Enforced decentralization reflects historical continuity of institutional design in state coercion; at the same time, "devolution of power" has been the center's strategy to mobilize resources from localities more effectively, while making localities to cope with challenges rising from transitional local society directly. Based on a panel data of provincial level localities in 1988-2004 period, and a field research in three county-level localities of Shandong province, this study finds out that "enforced decentralization" has contributed to the growth of police force. Though, depending on each locality's specific situation, the degree that decentralization has contributed to the reinforcement of local coercive capacity has some variations. Additionally, through a "two-way fixed effect regression model," I examined existing theories that have explained reinforcement of state coercive capacity. It was found out that the key determinants for the growth of state coercive capacity in reform China includes: crime rate, economic development, revenue, and urban-rural division in localities. / In post-Mao era, the police forces were perceived to be CCP's instrument for controlling society rather than the state's apparatus for guaranteeing crime control and law enforcement. The reform, however, changed Chinas social landscape greatly. Along with the transformation in the functions of the state, the functions of the police forces experienced changes as well. Through an empirical study, this research discusses how variations in institutional arrangement put impact on the state's capability of exerting coercion. By unpacking the development of basic power structure in reform China (state coercion and police forces), and by examining the underlying mechanism of such development, this research attempts to explore how the functions of the state as well as the nature of governance in China has been transformed. / Second, along with the development of state coercion mechanism under decentralization, some negative effects of state-enforced decentralization have also started to come out. In order to maintain a sustainable development of state coercive capability, at the latter period of reform, the state started to re-emphasize central monitoring and administrative centralization. While strengthening the center's monitor and control over local police apparatus through reorganization of public security administrative system, the center also attempted to facilitate its penetration into local society. Nevertheless, it has been found out through my fieldwork that the effort of re-centralizing the coercive power is greatly constrained by decentralized institutions that have been established in the earlier stage of the reform era. / The object of this research is police force in reform China: the context and mechanism that enabled transition in state coercive capacity in the reform era. Three things have been aimed in this research: first, to describe how state coercive capacity has been developed in China; second, to analyze how the establishment of relevant institutional mechanism has affected state coercive capacity and how those institutions work; third, to explore how the state has made a functional transition in governing local society which is getting more diversified. / Third, the growth of police force indicates the growth of fundamental governing capacity of the state. It has influenced the pattern and even the nature of governance in China tremendously. The tradition in Chinese administration, "centralized minimalism" at grassroots level, would be revitalized and strengthened throughout the reform. At the same time, with the changes in external conditions that affect governing capacity, state apparatus under the Chinese Communist Party's control is in functional transition: from "controlling a few dangerous classes in society" to "answering to diversified demands on security within society." / 樊鵬. / Adviser: Shaoguang Wang. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-06, Section: A, page: 2231. / Thesis (doctoral)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-322). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / School code: 1307. / Fan Peng.

Chiu Sau-Mee. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-101). / Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Origin of Modern Policing --- p.22 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Historical Evolution of Hong Kong Policing --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- Controlling Mechanism on Contemporary Policing in Hong Kong --- p.63 / Chapter Chapter Five: --- Conclusion --- p.87 / Bibliography --- p.90

published_or_final_version / Sociology / Master / Master of Social Sciences

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / Sociology / Master / Master of Social Sciences