The umbrella movement : civil resistance and contentious space in Hong Kong /

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For 79 days, the Umbrella Movement staged Hong Kong's most spectacular struggle for democracy. Sparked by disgruntlement over Beijing's denial of universal suffrage elections, the protests first began with class boycott along the largely-scripted Occupy Central, but later morphed into a sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Ma, Ngok (Editor), Zheng, Wei (College teacher) (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.
Series:Global Asia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 9.
Subjects:
Political persecution > China > Hong Kong.
Protest movements > China > Hong Kong.
Human rights > China > Hong Kong.
Freedom of expression > China > Hong Kong.
Assembly, Right of > China > Hong Kong.
Justice, Administration of > China > Hong Kong.
Répression politique > Chine > Hongkong.
Contestation > Chine > Hongkong.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Chine > Hongkong.
Liberté d'expression > Chine > Hongkong.
Liberté de réunion > Chine > Hongkong.
Demonstrations and protest movements.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Assembly, Right of
Freedom of expression
Human rights
Justice, Administration of
Political persecution
Protest movements
Protestbewegung
Menschenrecht
Freiheit
Pressure groups, protest movements & non-violent action.
China > Hong Kong
Hongkong
Hong Kong politics, Umbrella Movement, contentious politics, hybrid regime, social movements.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Civil resistance and contentious space in Hong Kong / Ngok Ma and Edmund W. Cheng
  • PART A. TRAJECTORY AND CONTINGENCY. 1. From political acquiescence to civil disobedience: Hong Kong's road to occupation / Ngok Ma
  • 2. Spontaneity and civil resistance: a counter frame of the Umbrella Movement / Edmund W. Cheng
  • 3. Rude awakening: new participants and the Umbrella Movement / Ngok Ma
  • PART B. REPERTORIES AND STRATEGIES. 4. Perceived outcomes and willingness to retreat among Umbrella Movement participants / Francis Lee and Gary Tang
  • 5. Praxis of cultivating civic spontaneity: aesthetic intervention in the Umbrella Movement / Cheuk-Hang Leung and Sampson Wong
  • 6. Creating a textual public space: slogans and texts from the Umbrella Movement / Sebastian Veg
  • PART C. REGIME AND PUBLIC RESPONSES. 7. From repression to attrition: state responses towards the Umbrella Movement / Samson Yuen
  • 8. Protesters and tactical escalation / Yongshun Cai
  • 9. Mass support for the Umbrella Movement / Ming Sing
  • 10. Correlates of public attitudes toward the Umbrella Movement / Stan Hok-Wui Wong
  • PART D. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES. 11. The power of sunflower: the origin and the impact of Taiwan's protest against free trade with China / Ming-sho Ho and Thung-hong Lin
  • 12. The mirror image: how does Macao society read Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement? / Eilo Yu Wing-yat
  • 13. Hong Kong now, Shanghai then / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
  • Appendix: The Umbrella Movement--chronology of major events
  • Index.

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