Social movements in China and Hong Kong the expansion of protest space
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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
c2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | ICAS publication series. Edited volumes ;
9. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427553006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on Romanisation; 1. Framing Social Movements in Contemporary China and Hong Kong; 2. Social Protests, Village Democracy and State Building in China: How Do Rural Social Protests Promote Village Democracy?; 3. Social Movements and State-Society Relationship in Hong Kong; 4. Social Movements and the Law in Post-Colonial Hong Kong; 5. Defining Hong Kong as an Emerging Protest Space: The Anti-Globalisation Movement1; 6. 'Old Working Class' Resistance in Capitalist China: A Ritualised Social Management (1995-2006)
- 7. Justifying the New Economic and Social Order: The Voice of a Private Entrepreneur8. The Rise of Migrant Workers' Collective Actions: Toward a New Social Contract in China; 9. Grassroots Activism and Labour Electoral Politics under Chinese Rule, 1997-2008; 10. Hong Kong's Trade Unions as an Evolving Social Organisation and Their Prospects for the Future; 11. Non-governmental Feminist Activism in The People's Republic of China: Communicating Oppositional Gender Equality Knowledge; 12. The Hong Kong Catholic Church: A Framing Role in Social Movement
- 13. Religiosity and Social Movements in China: Divisions and MultiplicationsContributors; Bibliography; Index
