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Elaine Chan
Researcher at University of Hong Kong
Publications - 20
Citations - 920
Elaine Chan is an academic researcher from University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Representation (politics) & Politics. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 17 publications receiving 808 citations. Previous affiliations of Elaine Chan include City University of Hong Kong & University of California, Berkeley.
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Reconsidering social cohesion: developing a definition and analytical framework for empirical research
TL;DR: The authors provided a critical review of the ways social cohesion has been conceptualized in the literature in many cases, with a common confusion between the content and the causes or effects of social cohesion.
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Beyond Pedagogy: Language and identity in post-colonial Hong Kong
TL;DR: The authors argued that the government's effort to persuade Hong Kong society to accept mother-tongue education on pedagogical grounds alone was to no avail because the English language has not only become a habitus of society; it also serves to distinguish Hong Kong people from mainland Chinese.
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The First Ten Years of the HKSAR: Civil Society Comes of Age
Elaine Chan,Joseph Chan +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss how civil society has articulated itself: its identity, roles, agenda and agency, revealing three discourses: civil society's self-articulation of its identity and roles, civil society as a defender of its own autonomy, a third sector, and a partner in governance.
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Public Policymaking in Hong Kong: Civic Engagement and State-Society Relations in a Semi-Democracy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the role of public policymaking in a semi-democratic Hong Kong and compare it to other political regimes in Asia and the US. But they do not compare Hong Kong with other countries.