Alvin Y. So

Dr. Alvin Y. So

Professor Emeritus of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

e-mail: soalvin@ust.hk

Some recent publications

  • Alvin Y. So & Yin-Wah Chu (2016).

The Global Rise of China. Polity.

  • Alvin Y. So (2013).

Classes and Class Conflict in Post-Socialist China. World Scientific.

  • Alvin Y. So (1999).

Hong Kong’s Embattled Democracy: A Societal Analysis. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Texts to download

  • Alvin Y. So (2015).

“The Making of Hong Kong Nationalism”, in Kingston, J., ed. Asian Nationalisms Reconsidered. Routledge, pp. 135-146. [Draw version].

  • Alvin Y. So (2007).

“Globalization and the Transition from Neoliberal Capitalism to State Developmentalism in China”. International Review of Modern Sociology, Vol. 33, pp. 61-76.

  • Alvin Y. So (2003).

“The Changing Pattern of Classes and Class Conflict in China”. Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 363-376.

  • Alvin Y. So (2001).

“The Chinese Developmental Miracle: Origins, Characteristics, and Challenges”. Asian Perspective, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 5-31.

  • Alvin Y. So (2001).

“The Three Blessings of Hong Kong’s Development”. China Perspectives, No. 35, pp. 38-48.

  • Alvin Y. So (2000).

“Hong Kong’s Problematic Democratic Transition: Power Dependency or Business Hegemony?”. The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 359-381.

  • Alvin Y. So (1984).

“The Process of Incorporation into the Capitalist World-System: The Case of China in the Nineteenth Century”. Review (Fernand Braudel Center), Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 91-116.