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Article: The Politics of the Minimum Wage in Hong Kong
Title | The Politics of the Minimum Wage in Hong Kong |
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Authors | |
Keywords | semi-democracy business-state relationship Hong Kong Welfare state labour movement minimum wage Singapore |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Citation | Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2014, v. 44 n. 4, p. 735-752 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This article provides an account of the recent introduction of a minimum wage in Hong Kong in 2011. Traditional welfare state theories had their origins in rich democracies. We refine the theoretical arguments in accordance with the semi-democratic nature of Hong Kong. We argue that the legislation was initiated reluctantly by the business-friendly government under unfavourable economic conditions. Any subsequent concessions to labour were not attributable to labour strength or political oppositions, which were very weak. Instead, multiple miscalculations by the politically dominant business side allowed the labour movement to gain limited grounds throughout the struggle. We also apply our arguments to the case of Singapore, illustrating how welfare state theories can be adapted to less democratic systems. © 2014 © 2014 Journal of Contemporary Asia. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/219747 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.785 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wong, Mathew Y H | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-23T02:57:52Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-23T02:57:52Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2014, v. 44 n. 4, p. 735-752 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0047-2336 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/219747 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article provides an account of the recent introduction of a minimum wage in Hong Kong in 2011. Traditional welfare state theories had their origins in rich democracies. We refine the theoretical arguments in accordance with the semi-democratic nature of Hong Kong. We argue that the legislation was initiated reluctantly by the business-friendly government under unfavourable economic conditions. Any subsequent concessions to labour were not attributable to labour strength or political oppositions, which were very weak. Instead, multiple miscalculations by the politically dominant business side allowed the labour movement to gain limited grounds throughout the struggle. We also apply our arguments to the case of Singapore, illustrating how welfare state theories can be adapted to less democratic systems. © 2014 © 2014 Journal of Contemporary Asia. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Contemporary Asia | - |
dc.subject | semi-democracy | - |
dc.subject | business-state relationship | - |
dc.subject | Hong Kong | - |
dc.subject | Welfare state | - |
dc.subject | labour movement | - |
dc.subject | minimum wage | - |
dc.subject | Singapore | - |
dc.title | The Politics of the Minimum Wage in Hong Kong | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00472336.2014.906641 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84899469606 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 253432 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1752-7554 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000341510400009 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0047-2336 | - |