Chan Chi Yuen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 246-265). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.i / Table of Contents --- p.iii / Abstract --- p.vii / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Politics of Political Accountability in Hong Kong 一 The Research Puzzle and Questions --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- "Research Puzzle: Different Conception of ""Political Accountability""?" --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research Questions and Design --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Significance of the Study --- p.6 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- The Concept of Accountability - the Normative and Theoretical Issues --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Accountability - Ideals and Actualities --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Why Political Accountability? The Ideal of Rendering Account --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The need of limited government --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Concept of Accountability - a Kind of Political Control --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- "Rendering Account - Information, Reason and Sanctions" --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3 --- Representation and Accountable Government: a Comparative Approach --- p.20 / Chapter 2.4 --- The Desirability of Accountability - the Tactful Balance --- p.25 / Chapter 2.5 --- The Limitation of Accountability - Informational Barrier --- p.34 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- The Concept of Accountability 一 the Organizational Issues --- p.37 / Chapter 3.1 --- Structural Components of Accountability --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Formal Organizational Components of Democratic Accountability --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3 --- Vertical and Horizontal Accountability --- p.43 / Chapter 3.4 --- Typology of Accountability --- p.46 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Classical dichotomy of political and administrative accountability --- p.46 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Political Accountability ´ؤ Vertical Accountability Agents --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4.2.1 --- Elections/ Electoral sanctions --- p.51 / Chapter 3.4.2.2 --- Other Popular Mechanisms --- p.57 / Chapter 3.4.2.2.1 --- Pressure groups --- p.57 / Chapter 3.4.2.2.2 --- Mass media --- p.60 / Chapter 3.4.2.2.3 --- Political party --- p.62 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Political Accountability - Horizontal Accountability Agents --- p.63 / Chapter 3.4.3.1 --- Accountability to Legislature --- p.63 / Chapter 3.4.3.2 --- Presidential and Parliamentary Visions --- p.63 / Chapter 3.4.3.3 --- Political accountability in British Ministerial System - the importance of Constitutional Conventions --- p.65 / Chapter 3.4.3.3.1 --- Individual responsibility --- p.68 / Chapter 3.4.3.3.2 --- Collective Responsibility --- p.69 / Chapter 3.4.3.3.3 --- "Parliamentary Questions, Debates and Standing Committee" --- p.71 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Legal Accountability - Horizontal Accountability Agent --- p.74 / Chapter 3.5 --- The Impact of New Public Management --- p.76 / Chapter 3.6 --- Accountability in Today's Democratic Governance - a Convoluted Model --- p.82 / Chapter 3.7 --- The Relevance to Hong Kong --- p.84 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- The Principal Officials Accountability System - a Departure from the Colonial Legacy --- p.88 / Chapter 4.1 --- Pre-POAS political situation of Hong Kong --- p.89 / Chapter 4.2 --- The POAS Reform ´ؤ the Details and its Implications --- p.93 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- "Ministerization of Bureaucratic Governance, Politicization of Administrative Governance" --- p.94 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Preservation of Civil Service Neutrality --- p.97 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Restructuring of the Executive Council --- p.99 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Structural Deficit of the POAS --- p.102 / Chapter 5.1 --- The POAS: from Accountability Deficit to Structural Deficit --- p.103 / Chapter 5.2 --- Institutional logic of the POAS - Centralization of Policy-making Power --- p.103 / Chapter 5.3 --- Lack of vertical Sanctioning Mechanism --- p.105 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Election of the CE --- p.105 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Dual Accountability --- p.107 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Appointment of the Principal Officials --- p.110 / Chapter 5.4 --- Horizontal Accountability and Lack of Constitutional Convention --- p.112 / Chapter 5.5 --- Risk of Politicization of the Civil Service --- p.117 / Chapter 5.6 --- Lack of Informational Accountability --- p.120 / Chapter 5.7 --- Conclusions --- p.123 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Path Dependence and the Politics of Political Accountability in Hong Kong --- p.127 / Chapter 6.1 --- Historical Institutionalism and Social Constructivism - Reciprocal Relationship between Structure and Agency --- p.128 / Chapter 6.2 --- Endogenous Context for the POAS: Path of Hong Kong Politics --- p.130 / Chapter 6.3 --- POAS: Two Phases of Institutional Evolution --- p.134 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Phase 1 - Birth of the POAS: Intra-elite Struggle for Dominance --- p.135 / Chapter 6.3.1.1 --- The Legacy of Bureaucratic Government --- p.135 / Chapter 6.3.1.2 --- The Internal Tension: “Presidential´ح Leadership vs Meritocracy --- p.137 / Chapter 6.3.1.3 --- The Erosion of Performance Legitimacy of the Civil Service --- p.139 / Chapter 6.3.1.4 --- The POAS: Reassertion of Executive Dominance --- p.140 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Phase 2 - Vicissitude under the POAS: Societal Struggle for Norms of Accountability --- p.141 / Chapter 6.3.2.1 --- "The Nature of “Political Responsibility""" --- p.142 / Chapter 6.3.2.2 --- The Lack of Institutional Guidance in Hong Kong --- p.145 / Chapter 6.3.2.3 --- The Structural Divide of Mass and Elitist Politics --- p.146 / Chapter 6.3.2.4 --- The Societal Tension: Efficiency vs Populist Vision of Accountability --- p.148 / Chapter 6.4 --- Illustration: 3 Political Incidents --- p.150 / Chapter 6.4.1 --- Penny Stocks Incident: the Debate on the Extent of Vicarious Responsibility --- p.150 / Chapter 6.4.1.1 --- The Incident/ --- p.150 / Chapter 6.4.1.2 --- Vicarious Responsibility --- p.152 / Chapter 6.4.1.3 --- The Cleavage in the Legislature --- p.154 / Chapter 6.4.1.4 --- Inquiry Panel and the Report --- p.158 / Chapter 6.4.2 --- Car Buying Scandal: the Fight on the Severity of Personal Misconduct --- p.162 / Chapter 6.4.2.1 --- The Incident --- p.163 / Chapter 6.4.2.2 --- The Turning Point --- p.169 / Chapter 6.4.2.3 --- Vote of No-confidence --- p.172 / Chapter 6.4.3 --- Sloppy Handling of SARS: the Delineation of Political and Administrative Responsibility between Principal Officials and Civil Servants --- p.174 / Chapter 6.4.3.1 --- The Incident --- p.174 / Chapter 6.4.3.2 --- Administrative and Political Blunders --- p.176 / Chapter 6.4.3.3 --- Post-SARS quest for Accountability before the July 1 Demonstration --- p.180 / Chapter 6.5 --- Conclusions --- p.186 / Chapter Chapter 7: --- Reconstruction of Conception: Interviews with Political Elites --- p.190 / Chapter 7.1 --- The Importance of Political Conception --- p.190 / Chapter 7.2 --- Methodological Issues of Elite Interview as a Research Method --- p.194 / Chapter 7.3 --- The Interviews --- p.202 / Chapter 7.4 --- POAS and the Conception of Political Accountability --- p.206 / Chapter 7.4.1 --- Defining Political Responsibility --- p.206 / Chapter 7.4.2 --- Accountability Mechanism --- p.209 / Chapter 7.4.3 --- Conflicts of Representation --- p.215 / Chapter 7.4.4 --- Criteria of Assessment --- p.221 / Chapter 7.5 --- Conclusions --- p.225 / Chapter Chapter 8: --- "Conclusions: Accountability System without Substance, Spirit and Opportunity to Maturate" --- p.227 / Chapter 8.1 --- """Accountability without Democracy""? Or Something More?" --- p.227 / Chapter 8.2 --- Politics of Political Accountability - the Wider Context --- p.228 / Chapter 8.3 --- The POAS: Accountability System without Substance and Spirit --- p.231 / Chapter 8.4 --- Politics of Accountability 一 Accountability System without the Opportunity to Maturate --- p.234 / Reference --- p.239
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325302 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Contributors | Chan, Chi-yuen., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Government and Public Administration. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, x, 265 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China), 1997- |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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