A framing analysis of the inadequate housing problem in Hong Kong

Dr Lau, Mandy Hang Man   (Principal Investigator (PI))

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2016-01-01

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A framing analysis of the inadequate housing problem in Hong Kong

framing analysis, Hong Kong, Inadequate housing, interpretive policy analysis, policy controversies

Urban Studies and Planning

Humanities & Social Sciences (H)

17608615

General Research Fund (GRF)

2015

Completed

1) To outline the changing visibility of the inadequate housing problem in Hong Kong, and explain its rapid entrance onto the political agenda in recent years 2) To identify the strategies which different actors have adopted to frame the causes of and solutions to the inadequate housing problem 3) To analyse how framing strategies interact with material resources, political power and the policymaking context, to shape the set of policy responses in Hong Kong 4) To explain why controversies have emerged during the policymaking process, despite consensus over the severity of the inadequate housing problem 5) To identify possibilities for re-framing the inadequate housing debate towards more consensual solutions