This book is a comprehensive, scholarly account of Hong Kong Public Budgeting, spanning from the pre-1997 British rule to the post-1997 Chinese rule. Transcending the existing comparative budgeting studies which are either central-government focused or symmetric local-government focused, this book presents Hong Kong Public Budgeting as a distinctive case of territorial autonomy.

It offers historical and comparative analyses of Hong Kong Public Budgeting, tracing the evolution of budgetary institutions and budgetary decision-making and examining the critical issues of budget openness, budget oversight, and budget allocation.

This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of comparative budgeting studies. It will also be an excellent text for public budgeting instructors and students in East Asia and Hong Kong.

Illuminates some of the financial backdrop to Hong Kong politics Illustrates the legacy of the British Empire in Hong Kong's legal and financial system Provides insights into the bedrock of 'rule of law' that has allowed Hong Kong to be a financial capital

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Brian C. H. Fong is Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Social Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan). His research focuses on Great Power Politics, Global Democracy, and Identity Politics, producing more than 90 journal articles, book chapters, authored books, and so forth. He is the author of US-China Rivalry: Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific (Edinburgh University Press, 2024) and the lead editor of The Routledge Handbook of Great Power Competition (Routledge, 2024).

Inhalt
1 Introduction.- Part I: Historical Analysis.- 2 Budgetary institutions.- 3 Budgetary decision-making.- Part II: Comparative Analysis.- 4 Budget Openness.- 5 Budget Oversight.- 6 Budget Allocation.