out of a history of direct rule and now practises a form of democracy. On the other side is a rural 'native' society that …

, Hong Kong developed what we term a strong "culture of liberty" - which by itself does not constitute or provide democracy … democracy. This meant that when Hong Kong was transferred to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, it had in place a novel, untested, and … at best incomplete set of political institutions for democracy. In this paper, we describe the political system of Hong …

the effect of democracy on growth, was colonialism economically bad for colonies, does protectionism affect growth … country's income goes up. (Overall level of democracy in the world however has no effect on growth.) The effect of colonialism …The paper uses the recently available data on growth rates, democracy, protectionism, and wars over the period 1820 to …