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Hong Kong’s Systemic Crisis of Governance and the Revolt of the “Post-80s” Youths: The Anti-Express Rail Campaign

  • Chor Yung CHEUNG

    Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author)

    Abstract

    This chapter critically examines the governance crisis of the HKSAR government during the anti-express rail campaign and tries to explain why the "post-80s" youth protests have constituted a new kind of social movement in Hong Kong.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationNew Trends of Political Participation in Hong Kong
    EditorsJoseph Y.S. Cheng
    Place of PublicationHong Kong, PRC
    PublisherCity University of Hong Kong Press
    Pages417-447
    ISBN (Print)9789629372330
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2014

    Research Keywords

    • "post-80s" youth
    • governance crisis
    • post materialism
    • new social media
    • civil resistance

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