The Dynamics of Social Movements in Hong Kong: Real and Financial Linkages and the Prospects for Currency Union

The Dynamics of Social Movements in Hong Kong: Real and Financial Linkages and the Prospects for Currency Union
ISBN-10
962209497X
ISBN-13
9789622094970
Category
Social Science
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2000-01-01
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press
Authors
Stephen Wing Kai Chiu, Tai Lok Lui

Description

Studies of Hong Kong society have long focused one-sidedly upon economic prosperity and political stability. Contributors to this volume redress this imbalance by taking a critical view of Hong Kong's political development from the perspectives of social conflict and collective action. Instead of looking at Hong Kong from the top, this volume documents the active role played by local actors from below (political groups, student activists, trade unions, women groups, environmentalists, and community organizers) and their impact on social and political development in Hong Kong society in the context of political transition and democratization, economic restructuring, and an emergent local identity.

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