03661 am 22006253u 450 99621629720331620200520144314.01-282-40196-3978661240196190-485-1055-4(CKB)1000000000807236(EBL)474249(OCoLC)477243827(SSID)ssj0000343008(PQKBManifestationID)12151909(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343008(PQKBWorkID)10289126(PQKB)11365006(Au-PeEL)EBL474249(CaPaEBR)ebr10346683(CaONFJC)MIL240196(MiAaPQ)EBC474249(EXLCZ)99100000000080723620090416d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial movements in China and Hong Kong[electronic resource] the expansion of protest space /edited by Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce and Gilles GuiheuxAmsterdam Amsterdam University Pressc20091 online resource (315 p.)ICAS publications series. Edited volumes ;9Description based upon print version of record.90-8964-131-9 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 Movement13. Religiosity and Social Movements in China: Divisions and MultiplicationsContributors; Bibliography; IndexThe 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 individualisation of society goes hand in hand with the collective movements that emerged as a result of individual wants. There are not only internal factors leading to the emergence of collective forms of action, but also external ones and that's why the editors have chosen to encompass Hong Kong in their stuICAS publication series.Edited volumes ;9.Social changeChinaSocial changeChinaHong KongSocial changeSocial change301306Guiheux Gilles864814Kuah Khun Eng864815MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996216297203316Social movements in China and Hong Kong1930362UNISA