| The Umbrella Movement: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong Contributor(s): Ma, Ngok (Editor), Cheng, Edmund W. (Editor), Lee, Francis (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 9462984565 ISBN-13: 9789462984561 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Asian - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship - Social Science | Violence In Society |
| Series: Global Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.35 lbs) 358 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume examines the most spectacular struggle for democracy in post-handover Hong Kong. Bringing together scholars with different disciplinary focuses and comparative perspectives from mainland China, Taiwan and Macau, one common thread that stitches the chapters is the use of first-hand data collected through on-site fieldwork. This study unearths how trajectories can create favourable conditions for the spontaneous civil resistance despite the absence of political opportunities and surveys the dynamics through which the protestors, the regime and the wider public responses differently to the prolonged contentious space. The Umbrella Movement: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong offers an informed analysis of the political future of Hong Kong and its relations with the authoritarian sovereignty as well as sheds light on the methodological challenges and promises in studying modern-day protests. |
