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

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

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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 individualis...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Kuah-Pearce, Khun Eng, 1958- (Editor), Guiheux, Gilles (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2009]
Series:ICAS publication series. Edited volumes ; 9.
Subjects:
Social movements > China.
Social movements > China > Hong Kong.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Society and social sciences.
Society and culture: general.
Sociology and anthropology.
Social movements.
China.
China > Hong Kong.
Culture and institutions
Sociology
Culture and instituten
Sociologie
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.