To what Extent did Colonial Legacy in Shaping the Path of Democratization in Taiwan and Hong Kong?

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10.2991/978-2-38476-305-4_7How to use a DOI?

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democratization; heritage studies; path of democratisation in Taiwan; democratisation in Hong Kong

Abstract

In the 1980s and 1990s, both Taiwan and Hong Kong were undergoing various degrees of democratic reform at this time. This is a similarity between Taiwan and Hong Kong as regions that are part of the same Greater China region and have a history of colonization. I cannot help but think about the impact of the colonial legacy on the path to democratization in Taiwan and Hong Kong. What are the differences in the processes and outcomes of democratic development in Taiwan and Hong Kong due to the differences in colonial sovereignty? To what extent did external forces have an impact on their internal democratic development after the end of colonial rule? With these questions in mind, I intend to begin with a historical perspective, presenting a brief history of the colonization of Taiwan as well as Hong Kong in my essay. Then I will proceed to study the political institutions of the two places before the democratization process and analyze the inevitability and correlation between them and the conduct of democratic reforms. The focus of the study will then turn to democratization itself, as mentioned above, focusing on the process and its results. Finally, based on the above research, a comparative approach will be used to draw similarities and differences between the paths of democratization in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and to explore the role of colonial legacies on democratic development in the context of other factors. The purpose of this study is to examine the possibility of colonial legacies and external forces spawning democratization in particular regions within the Greater China region, and to provide a predictive analysis of the future state of democracy in the region in a realistic sense.

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AU  - Haoze Xin
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DA  - 2024/11/18
TI  - To what Extent did Colonial Legacy in Shaping the Path of Democratization in Taiwan and Hong Kong?
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 4th International Conference on Public Relations and Social Sciences (ICPRSS 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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