Tam Wai Keung
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Sciences
Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong
Biography
Wai-keung Tam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Lingnan University. He specializes in comparative politics, law and society, public policy, and the political economy of development. He is the author of Legal Mobilization under Authoritarianism: The Case of Post-Colonial Hong Kong (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013). His book received Honorable Mention from the Committee for the Distinguished Book Award for 2014 of the Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association. Wai-keung has also authored articles in journals such as The China Quarterly, Law & Social Inquiry, Crime, Law and Social Change, and Journal of Contemporary Asia.
Research Interest
Political Science
Publications
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"Organizational Corruption by Public Hospitals in China." Crime, Law and Social Change Vol.56, No.3 (October 2011), pp. 265-282.
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Legal Mobilization under Authoritarianism: The Case of Post-Colonial Hong Kong, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
