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Tso, Geoffrey K. F.; Yau, Kelvin K. W.; Yang, C. Y. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
Sustainable development is a priority area of research in many countries and regions nowadays. This paper illustrates how a multi-stakeholders engagement process can be applied to identify and prioritize the local community's concerns and issues regarding sustainable development in Hong Kong. Ten priority areas covering a wide range of community's…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Community Attitudes, Economic Progress, Social Change
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Chiu, Ming Ming; Walker, Allan – Journal of Educational Administration, 2007
Purpose: This article aims to instigate a focused dialogue of social justice in Hong Kong schools and of the responsibilities this holds for school leaders. Design/methodology/approach: The authors draw on economic, psychological, and sociological research to illustrate how the unequal allocation of resources and school status hierarchies affects…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Resource Allocation
Yang, Rui – Compare, 2003
Examines how Chinese universities are responding to globalization and internationalization. Captures some university experiences in its cultural complexity and social context. Reveals that local circumstances offset and/or resist the global. Reflects on the difficulty in managing the global within the local of a newly changed context. (CAJ)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Cooperation, Comparative Education, Cultural Background