ISBN:
9780765613134
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (321 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Understanding the Political Culture of Hong Kong : The Paradox of Activism and Depolitization
DDC:
306.2095125
Keywords:
Hong Kong (China) - Politics and government
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Foreword: Hong Kong Political Activism Rediscovered -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Hong Kong-Rethinking Political Activism -- 1. A Critique of the Claims of Political Indifference -- The Traditional Argument of Political Apathy -- Surveys on Political Attitudes -- A Critique of Siu-kai Lau's Concept of Political Aloofness -- Conclusion -- 2. An Alternative Understanding of Political Participation -- A Critique of the Orthodox Definition -- Toward a Contextual Understanding of Political Participation -- An Informed Definition of Political Participation -- Conclusion -- 3. A Multiple-Case Interpretive Approach -- Historical Nature of the Study -- Collective Dimension of Public Action -- Contextual Understanding of Events -- Alternative Interpretation -- The Question of Generality -- A Multiple-Case Interpretive Approach -- Conclusion -- 4. Rebutting the Minimal Political Participation Claim -- A Chronology of Significant Political Events -- Statistics and Major Events of Political Participation -- A New Comparison of Political Participation -- Conclusion -- 5. Rediscovering Politics: Hong Kong between 1949 and 1959 -- The Campaign for Rent Control -- The Campaign to Change the Marriage Laws -- The Tramway Workers' Labor Dispute of 1952 -- The 1956 Riots -- The Campaign to Remove a Marriage Ban on Nurses at the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals -- An Overview -- 6. Rediscovering Politics: Hong Kong in the 1960s -- The 1964 Campaign against Telephone Rate Increases -- The 1966 Star Ferry Riots -- The First Campaign for Chinese as an Official Language -- An Overview -- 7. Rediscovering Politics: Hong Kong in the 1970s -- The Campaign for Equal Pay for Nurses -- Defend the Diaoyutai Islands Movement of 1970.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Foreword: Hong Kong Political Activism Rediscovered""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Hong Kong-Rethinking Political Activism""; ""1. A Critique of the Claims of Political Indifference""; ""The Traditional Argument of Political Apathy""; ""Surveys on Political Attitudes""; ""A Critique of Siu-kai Lau's Concept of Political Aloofness""; ""Conclusion""; ""2. An Alternative Understanding of Political Participation""
Description / Table of Contents:
""A Critique of the Orthodox Definition""""Toward a Contextual Understanding of Political Participation""; ""An Informed Definition of Political Participation""; ""Conclusion""; ""3. A Multiple-Case Interpretive Approach""; ""Historical Nature of the Study""; ""Collective Dimension of Public Action""; ""Contextual Understanding of Events""; ""Alternative Interpretation""; ""The Question of Generality""; ""A Multiple-Case Interpretive Approach""; ""Conclusion""; ""4. Rebutting the Minimal Political Participation Claim""; ""A Chronology of Significant Political Events""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Statistics and Major Events of Political Participation""""A New Comparison of Political Participation""; ""Conclusion""; ""5. Rediscovering Politics: Hong Kong between 1949 and 1959""; ""The Campaign for Rent Control""; ""The Campaign to Change the Marriage Laws""; ""The Tramway Workers' Labor Dispute of 1952""; ""The 1956 Riots""; ""The Campaign to Remove a Marriage Ban on Nurses at the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals""; ""An Overview""; ""6. Rediscovering Politics: Hong Kong in the 1960s""; ""The 1964 Campaign against Telephone Rate Increases""; ""The 1966 Star Ferry Riots""
Description / Table of Contents:
""The First Campaign for Chinese as an Official Language""""An Overview""; ""7. Rediscovering Politics: Hong Kong in the 1970s""; ""The Campaign for Equal Pay for Nurses""; ""Defend the Diaoyutai Islands Movement of 1970""; ""The Godber Issue""; ""The 1975 Campaign against Telephone Rate Increases""; ""The Campaign to Reopen the Precious Blood Golden Jubilee Secondary School""; ""An Overview""; ""8. Political Discourses and Political Activism""; ""Competing National Identities""; ""Liberalism""; ""Rights and Economic Fairness""; ""Criticisms of Colonialism""; ""Conclusion""
Description / Table of Contents:
""9. The Culture of Depoliticization and Political Activism""""The Trajectory of the Culture of Depoliticization""; ""The Making of a Depoliticized Culture""; ""Beyond Political Indifference""; ""Conclusion""; ""10. Conclusion""; ""Epilogue""; ""Change of Sovereignty and Limited Electoral Reform""; ""Political Activism""; ""Patterns of Political Participation""; ""The Paradox of Activism and Depoliticization""; ""The Discourse of Political Indifference""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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