Formal and Informal Politics in Macao Special Administrative Region Elections 2004-2005

Formal politics is defined as political participation under 'rules and institutions' while informal politics is a kind of 'conventions and codes behavior' in the political sphere, such as cronyism and guanxi networks. Both kinds of politics are interacting and functionally insepa...

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Published in:The Journal of contemporary China 2007-08, Vol.16 (52), p.417-441
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Political sociology
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Congresses and conventions
Corruption
Cronyism
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Democracy
Democratization
Elections
Federal government
Macao
Macau
Money
Policy analysis
Political conventions
Political institutions
Political opposition
Political participation
Political sociology
Political systems
Politics
Public Policy
Regional elections
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