Patron-client Politics and Elections in Hong Kong (Routledge Contemporary China Series)

by Bruce Kam -kwan Kwong (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2009

  $150.10

  Examines whether patron-client relations are critical to the electoral victory of candidates; how the political elites cultivate support from clients in order to obtain more votes during local elections; and tests the extent to which whether patron-client relations are crucial in order for candidates to obtain more ballots during elections.