Social movements in China and Hong Kong the expansion of protest space

Kuah-Pearce, Khun Eng, 1958- (Added Author). Guiheux, Gilles. (Added Author).

Summary: The starting point of this book is the acknowledgement that on one side Chinese individuals, freer from the constraints of the State, have to rely on their own efforts for their well-being and, on the other side, in some circumstances, they gather together to defend their interests. The individualisation of society goes hand in hand with the collective movements that emerged as a result of individual wants.

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ISBN: 9089641319
ISBN: 9789089641311
ISBN: 9048510554 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9789048510559 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)
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Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2009.

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General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-307).
Formatted Contents Note:	Framing Social Movements in Contemporary China and Hong Kong / Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce and Gilles Guiheux -- Social Protests, Village Democracy and State Building in China: How Do Rural Social Protests Promote Village Democracy? / Baogang He -- Social Movements and State-Society Relationship in Hong Kong / Ngok Ma -- Social Movements and the Law in Post-Colonial Hong Kong / Albert H.Y. Chen -- Defining Hong Kong as an Emerging Protest Space: The Anti-Globalisation Movement / Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce -- 'Old Working Class' Resistance in Capitalist China: A Ritualised Social Management (1995-2006) / Jean-Louis Rocca -- Justifying the New Economic and Social Order: The Voice of a Private Entrepreneur / Gilles Guiheux -- Rise of Migrant Workers' Collective Actions: Toward a New Social Contract in China / Chloe Froissart -- Grassroots Activism and Labour Electoral Politics under Chinese Rule, 1997-2008 / Ming K. Chan -- Hong Kong's Trade Unions as an Evolving Social Organisation and Their Prospects for the Future / Sek Hong Ng and Olivia Ip -- Non-governmental Feminist Activism in The People's Republic of China: Communicating Oppositional Gender Equality Knowledge / Cecilia Milwertz and Wei Bu -- Hong Kong Catholic Church: A Framing Role in Social Movement / Beatrice Leung -- Religiosity and Social Movements in China: Divisions and Multiplications / David A. Palmer.
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