The system of functional representation constitutes the greatest challenge to political reform in Hong Kong. Utilizing recent developments in institutional and ideational theories in political science, this article explores how both power and ideas shape the politics of reforming functional representation. The impasse generated by the current balance of power has given rise to a plethora of ideas that seek to reform the system while preserving its place in the political process. However, recent direct negotiations between Beijing and moderate democrats in Hong Kong have triggered a significant political realignment. This shift in the political balance of power has generated new scenarios for the reform of functional representation.
民主化香港：功能代表和體制變化之爭
功能代表製構成了對香港政治改革的最大的挑戰。使用政治學在體制和觀念理論上的最新發展，本文探討了權力和理念如何同時影響到 功能代表製的改革政治。當前權力製衡所帶來的僵局導致了尋求在改革制度的同時保存其在政治過程中的地位的各種想法的繁榮。但最近北京和香港溫和民族派之間 的直接協商引發了重大的政治重組。這一權力政治平衡的改變為功能代表製的改革展開了新的局面。
Baohui Zhang