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Li Chi Yin. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-80). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Unidimensional Scaling (UDS) --- p.15 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Circular Unidimensional Scaling (CDS) --- p.17 ; Chapter 1.4 --- The Goodness of fit of models --- p.24 ; Chapter 1.5 --- The admissible transformations of the MDS configuration --- p.26 ; Chapter 2 --- "Computational Methods on MDS, UDS and CDS" --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Classical Scaling --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Guttman's updating algorithm and Pliner's smoothing algorithm --- p.36 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Circular Unidimensional Scaling/Circumplex Model --- p.43 ; Chapter 3 --- A new algorithm for CDS --- p.45 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Method of choosing a good starting value in Guttman's updating algorithm and Pliner's smoothing algorithm --- p.46 ; Chapter 3.2 --- A new approach for circular unidimensional scaling --- p.54 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Examples --- p.62 ; Chapter 3.3.1 --- Comparison of the new approach to existing method --- p.62 ; Chapter 3.3.2 --- Illustrations of application to political data --- p.64 ; Chapter 4 --- Conclusion and Extensions --- p.67 ; Chapter A --- Figures and Tables --- p.70 ; Chapter B --- References --- p.78

第三次民主化浪潮及其所代表的世界性民主化转型使得许多人相信民主不仅具有其本身的价值,而且有助于提高大众的福利水平。不少学者曾研究过民主制度与社会福利产出之间的关系。然而,在解释两者关系时并未得到一致性的结论。在很多情况下,民主制国家在改善人类发展指标和提高福利水平方面并没得到社会所期待的结果,而且经常被非民主制国家所超越。政治制度如何影响社会福利表现?民主化和社会福利发展之间是否存在取舍矛盾?如果这种取舍矛盾存在,如何将民主化的社会代价减到最小? ; 本研究试图加深我们对政治制度性质与社会福利产出水平之间关系的理解。为此,本文以维度路径分析政治制度的不同维度如何影响政府采取不同类型的政策选择。本文的核心问题是:民主制的哪些方面有利于/不利于哪种公共政策的实现?民主的不同维度能够促进/抑制哪些政策?竞争性选举和公众参与形成本研究的两个自变量维度。本研究应变量的两个维度是两种政府回应性:政府对公民基本需求(basic needs)的回应,即代表了社会福利表现的改进,以及政府对公民要求(wants and demands)的回应,即代表了满足群体所呼吁的而非客观上对其有利的政策福利。两者在概念上有所不同。本文首先在理论上分析自变量和应变量不同维度之间的关系,继而引用实证科学的定量和定性基本方法来检验所建立的理论关系。 ; 本研究证明,并非所有的导致回应要求(wants)的民主属性也有助于使政府回应基本需求(basic needs)。公众要求和公众客观需求作为公共政策所回应的目标具有不同的特征。从委托-代理理论框架来看,回应公众基本需求的政策需要政府采取不同于在回应主观要求时所采取的措施。由于这些不同点,在两个民主维度(政治竞争和公众参与)当中,只有后者对基本需求有积极影响,而前者往往会阻碍以回应基本需求为目的的政策。在政治竞争压力之下,追求选票最大化的政治家更倾向于采取回应社会现有要求的短期措施,且往往以忽视客观需求为代价。因此,为了避免民主化的高成本,需要促进民主的参与维度,且同时要缓解其竞争维度的激烈性。 ; The shift towards democracy globally under the "third wave" of democratization has stirred the conviction that democracy is not only a good thing in itself but also a promoter of general welfare. A considerable amount of research has been conducted to explore the effects of democracy on social outcomes. However, unequivocal conclusions regarding democracy's impact on health, education, life expectancy and other aspects of human well-being have not been achieved. Many democracies do not perform as good as they are expected to and are often outperformed by non-democratic regimes. Questions appear: How does political regime affect social performance? Is there a trade-off between democratization, on the one hand, and social development, on the other? If there is, how should democratization be carried out so as not to inhibit human well-being? ; This dissertation attempts to enhance our understanding of the impact of political regime on social outcomes by applying a dimensional approach. Instead of asking whether democracy is good or bad, it asks: which dimensions of political regime are good for which kinds of outcomes? What kinds of policies are promoted and what ...

Mass Communication and Media play an integral part in modern societies. This publication reflects on fundamental theoretical works and recent key texts from different backgrounds such as political analysis, feminism, media studies or Cultural Theory. It is designed as a workbook in European-Chinese intercultural studies. Therefore thorough descriptions of the texts in Chinese language are backed up by additional information and questions to ponder to deepen the understanding. This book is part of the series "interKULTUR European-Chinese intercultural Studies" which consists of teaching material for intercultural studies in higher education and research results of such studies.

prepared by Chu Yan-kit. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-145). ; Abstract also in Chinese. ; Acknowledgments --- p.iii-iv ; List of Tables and Figures --- p.vii-ix ; List of Abbreviations --- p.x ; Abstract --- p.xi-xiv ; Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.1-39 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Scope and Purpose --- p.1-2 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Literature Review --- p.3-18 ; Chapter 1.2.1 --- Public Budgeting Researches in Hong Kong --- p.3-4 ; Chapter 1.2.2 --- On-Hand Budgeting Theories --- p.5-12 ; Chapter 1.2.3 --- Neo-Institutional Approach --- p.13-18 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Conceptualization --- p.19-27 ; Chapter 1.3.1 --- Premises of the Explanatory Model --- p.19 ; Chapter 1.3.2 --- Rationale of the Model --- p.20-27 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Operationalization --- p.28-36 ; Chapter 1.4.1 --- Working Definitions --- p.28-29 ; Chapter 1.4.2 --- Operationalization of the Research --- p.29-32 ; Chapter 1.4.3 --- Indicators and Hypotheses --- p.32-34 ; Chapter 1.4.4 --- Methodology --- p.35-36 ; Chapter 1.5 --- Organization of the Research --- p.37 ; Notes --- p.38-39 ; Chapter Chapter Two: --- The Background --- p.40-69 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Characteristics of the Colonial Public Finance System & Marco-Economic Context for the Public Finance System --- p.40-47 ; Chapter 2.1.1 --- Revenue Aspect of the Public Finance System --- p.40-41 ; Chapter 2.1.2 --- Expenditure Aspect of the Public Finance System 42- --- p.47 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Macro Economic Context for the Two Institutional Levels from the 1970s to the 1990s --- p.48-53 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Financially Non-Stringent & Stringent Periods for the First Level Institutions --- p.48-50 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- Non-Hostile & Hostile Periods for the Second Level Institutions --- p.51-53 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Composition and Characteristics of the Actors in the Two Institutional Levels --- p.54-59 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- Actors in the First Level Institutions and the Second Level Institutions --- p.54 ; Chapter ...

Lee Chun Sing. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-68). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.i-ii ; Acknowledgment --- p.iii ; Contents --- p.iv ; Lists of Tables --- p.vi ; Lists of Figures --- p.vii ; Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter Chapter Two --- The Basic Model with Exogeneous Real Interest Rate --- p.6 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.6 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Benchmark Model --- p.9 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Discussion of Results --- p.18 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- Agent Behaviour --- p.19 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Numerical Examples --- p.23 ; Chapter 2.4.1 --- Base Results --- p.25 ; Chapter Chapter Three --- The Basic Model with Endogeneous Real Interest Rate --- p.28 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Numerical Examples --- p.30 ; Chapter 3.1.1 --- Base Results --- p.30 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Government Policy Evaluation --- p.33 ; Chapter 3.2.1 --- Education Subsidies --- p.35 ; Chapter 3.2.2 --- Wage Subsidy --- p.35 ; Chapter 3.2.3 --- Base Case Outcome --- p.36 ; Chapter Chapter Four --- Conclusions --- p.40 ; Appendix A --- p.41 ; Appendix B --- p.42 ; Appendix C --- p.42 ; Tables --- p.47 ; Figures --- p.58 ; References --- p.64

The formidable task accomplished by the members of the (jing-jiao) or "luminous teaching" community during the Tang Dynasty in China (618-907 CE), chronologically constitutes the first documented engagement between Jesus' message and the Chinese people. The entire group of Jingjiao manuscripts can be designated as the Corpus Nestorianum Sinicum, and two documents, the "Thus have I heard: On the listening of the Messiah", and also the "Discourse on the One-God", represent the main goal of investigation throughout this dissertation. As a preparatory step, the writer deemed it necessary to elaborate an interlinear version, in which the manuscripts were transcribed in sequential order and numerically organized by columns. Then, he was able to single out the different stages of development and the background in their composition of the final product that has been transmitted to us in the "Takakusu and Tomioka manuscripts" respectively. The theological value of the study focused on the individuation, exposition, and explanation of the "Christian Godhead, Christological, and Soteriological Concepts" that were contextualized using Chinese Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian technical terms within both documents. Moreover, based on modern Chinese transcriptions and different translations with a more specific philological and historical approach, the author has included his own theological translation underlining the core faith elements of the Jingjiao community. Finally, for a deeper understanding and interpretation, the writer also has integrated a "proposed reading structure" that is the principal hermeneutical tool-key to approach both manuscripts within a new theological outlook and in the viewpoint of a new redating and authorship.

Shin, Kei-Wah Victor. ; "November 2010." ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 177-198). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.i ; Acknowledgments --- p.iv ; Table of Contents --- p.vi ; List of Tables --- p.ix ; List of Figures --- p.xii ; Chapter Chapter 1: --- Framing the Puzzles --- p.1 ; "INTRODUCING: ""The Curious Case of. a Fallen 'Asian Hollywood'""" --- p.3 ; METHOD AND DATA --- p.6 ; STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS --- p.12 ; Chapter Chapter 2: --- ""The Blind Side"" of Existing Explanations" --- p.15 ; CONVENTIONAL EXPLANATIONS --- p.17 ; Triad Intrusion and Piracy --- p.17 ; Hasty and Unpolished Productions --- p.19 ; EXPLANATIONS DERIVED FROM THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES --- p.21 ; The Cultural Imperialism approach --- p.22 ; The Cultural-flows/ Network approach --- p.27 ; Suppositions related to the Cultural-flows/ Network approach --- p.32 ; The Reception approach --- p.36 ; The Cultural Policy and Strategies approach --- p.41 ; What about the Receiving Countries? --- p.46 ; THE POLITICAL-CULTURAL APPROACH --- p.48 ; Chapter Chapter 3: --- The "Bloom´ح in the 1970s and the 1980s --- p.53 ; "THE ""BLOOM""" --- p.53 ; BRINGING IN THE POLITICAL-CULTURAL APPROACH --- p.57 ; THE INDUSTRIAL SETTING OF THE HONG KONG FILM MARKET VIS-A-VIS HOLLYWOOD --- p.59 ; THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE HONG KONG FILM MARKET --- p.62 ; From Studio System to Independent Production System since the 1970s --- p.63 ; The Revenue-sharing Structure --- p.68 ; """CONCEPTIONS OF CONTROL"" IN THE HONG KONG FILM MARKET (1970s - 1980s)" --- p.70 ; Distributor-driven Exhibition --- p.72 ; Distributor-driven Production --- p.75 ; HONG KONG FILM INDUSTRY AT ITS PEAK IN THE LATE 1980s --- p.81 ; SUMMARY --- p.88 ; Chapter Chapter 4: --- "The ""Twilight"" since the mid-1990s" --- p.91 ; WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE 1990s? --- p.91 ; The Plot in Brief --- p.92 ; THE KEY TO SUCCESS TURNS INTO A SOURCE OF STRESS --- p.97 ; "Conventional Practices inscribed in the ...

Alcohol consumption, the third largest contributing risk factor towards global morbidity, has increased in the past 5 years despite global calls for action to reduce its significant impact on public health. Compared to most developed nations, Hong Kong has been shown to have lower levels of alcohol consumption by previously conducted research. However, Hong Kong's low alcohol taxes, wide availability of alcohol, and lax restrictions on marketing practices have the potential to increase the prevalence of alcohol use and binge drinking particularly among young adults 18-25 of age, lending them towards increased risks of neurological damage, unsafe sex, intentional and unintentional injuries, and impacts on school and work performance in addition to chronic health harms in the future. This thesis employs a mixed-methods approach to comprehensively examine the behavioral and environmental contexts of Chinese young adult drinking behavior, as well as to generate feasible, effective strategies at the health promotion and policy levels to reduce alcohol-related harm among this population subgroup. ; Cantonese-speaking young adults of Hong Kong (n=684) were invited between April and September 2011 to participate in a cross-sectional random telephone survey, during which they were asked about their drinking patterns and perceptions on a set of alcohol expectancy statements. Twelve focus groups (n=63) were then conducted between June 2012 – May 2013 to explore individual motivations to drink as well as possible environmental and social facilitating factors. A series of interviews conducted in January – April 2014 with key policy stakeholders, including representatives of law enforcement, education, government, food and beverage sectors, non-governmental organizations, and the alcohol industry, (n=16) then aimed to produce appropriate, actionable policies and interventions which can be undertaken as a means to reduce alcohol-related harm among young adults in Hong Kong. ; At the behavioural level, positive outcome ...

Wong Lai Fong Yvonne. ; Thesis submitted in: July 2005. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; ABSTRACT --- p.ii ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv ; TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.v ; Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Common explanations of economic success --- p.2 ; Chapter i) --- Explanation from Neoclassical Economic Perspectives --- p.3 ; Chapter ii) --- Explanation from the Statist Perspective --- p.5 ; Chapter iii) --- Limitations of Neoclassical and Statist Perspectives --- p.7 ; Chapter iv) --- Importance of the interorganizational relationships perspective --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.3 --- The Research --- p.11 ; Chapter i) --- The choice of studying the software industry --- p.11 ; Chapter ii) --- Research questions and significance --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Thesis Layout --- p.13 ; Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW: THE STUDY OF INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE IT INDUSTRY ; Chapter 2.1 --- Importance of Social Networks --- p.15 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Theories in the Network Approach I - Social Embeddedness: The Fundamental Building Block of the Network Approach --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Theories in the Network Approach II - The Social Network Approach --- p.20 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Theories in Network Approach III - Factors affecting the formation of networks --- p.22 ; Chapter i) --- Prior ties or pre-existing network --- p.22 ; Chapter ii) --- Expectations from social networks --- p.23 ; Chapter iii) --- Incentive schemes by government - industry promotion schemes nurturing public-private or private-private partnership --- p.26 ; Chapter iv) --- IT clusters --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Theories in Network Approach IV ´ؤ Interorganizational Alliances and Social Capital --- p.31 ; Chapter i) --- Interorganizational alliances and organizational outcomes --- p.31 ; Chapter ii) --- Enhanced performance through social capital --- p.33 ; Chapter 2.6 ...