Introduction: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong

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    Abstract

    Analysis of the 2014 Umbrella Movement speaks to three strands of academic literature: contentious politics and space, hybrid regimes and democratization, and social movements in China and Hong Kong. Based mostly on fieldwork conducted during the occupation, this book brings together 14 experts who studied the Umbrella Movement from different theoretical perspectives with different methodologies. The studies in the book analyze the occupation as a spontaneous and emotional contentious action, which made good use of public space and creative passion. They also show how civil resistance was shaped and constrained by the hybrid regime and situate the Hong Kong movement in a broader comparative perspective in reference to past student movements in China and protests in Taiwan and Macau.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Umbrella Movement
    Subtitle of host publicationCivil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong
    EditorsNgok Ma, Edmund W. Cheng
    PublisherAmsterdam University Press
    Pages11-23
    ISBN (Electronic)978-90-4853-524-8
    ISBN (Print)978-94-6298-456-1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 24 May 2019

    Publication series

    NameGlobal Asia
    Volume9

    Research Keywords

    • civil resistance
    • social movements
    • China
    • Hong Kong
    • hybrid regime
    • Umbrella Movement

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