Privileged to vote: Inequalities and anomalies of the FC system

Functional Constituencies: A Unique Feature of The Hong Kong Legislative Council (with CD)

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 59-109

  Young, Simon N M ^a   Law, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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