| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Urban Movements: Their Importance in Urban Politics -- The Significance of the Study of Urban Protests in Hong Kong -- Method and Data -- Structure of this Book -- Chapter 2: Theories of Social Movements: A Review of the Literature -- Introduction -- The Classical Perspective on Collective Action -- The Resource Mobilization Perspective -- The Social Construction of Protest -- Toward an Integrated Approach to Collective Action |
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Chapter 3: The Changing Political Context in Hong Kong -- Introduction -- The Pre-democracy Stage: 1970-1980 -- The Stage of Transition to Democracy: 1981-1992 -- The Grassroots' Response to the Changing Political Structure in the 1980s -- Recapitulation -- Chapter 4: Public Housing Policy and Urban Minorities -- Introduction -- The Housing Provision Structure in Hong Kong -- Production and Allocation of Public Housing -- Public Housing Policy and Urban Minorities -- The Nature and Management of the Temporary Housing Areas -- Summary |
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Chapter 5: A Brief Account of the Trajectory of the ATHA Protest -- Introduction -- The Aged Temporary Housing Areas Issue -- The Rise of the ATHA Protest -- The Actors Involved in the ATHA Protest -- The ATHA Residents -- Summary -- Chapter 6: No Through Road: Limited Political Opportunities for ATHA Residents -- Introduction -- Two Changing Processes in the Political Structure -- Who Cares about the Housing Movement? -- The ATHA Issue and the Actors in the Political Structure -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Every Person Counts: The Political Participation of ATHA Residents -- Introduction |
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Forms of Political Participation in the Two ATHAs -- The Social Characteristics of Residents in the Two ATHAs -- To Participate or Not to Participate: A Case Study in the Kowloon Bay THA -- Participation in the Ping Shek THA -- Mobilization Potential and Actual Panicipation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: The Mobilization Process: External Organizers, Local Leaders and the Choice of Strategies -- Introduction -- The Mobilization Agents -- The Creation and Maintenance of the Foundation of ATHA Protest: The Local Concern Groups -- Strategy Formation |
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Success or Failure of the Local Mobilization and Protest -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- Summary of the Argument -- The Theoretical and Methodological Implications of this Study -- Future Development of the ATHA Protest -- Appendix 1: Methods -- Appendix 2: A Personal Reflection on Methodology -- Appendix 3: Survey on the Tenants' Prejerences in the Temporary Housing Areas in the Kwun Tong District -- Appendix 4: Survey on Kowloon Bay THA Residents' Attitudes to ""Same District Rehousing"" Policy -- Appendix 5: Survey of the Living Conditions of the Ping Shek THA -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
This title was first published in 2000: This book contributes to social movement theory and to an understanding of Hong Kong politics through analysis of an urban housing protest movement. The theoretical approach adopted is a multi-level one, and seeks to show the influence of the political context, the resources available to the groups concerned, the actors' interpretations of their situation and their strategy preferences. This approach fills a gap in social movement theory because most theoretical frameworks focus on a single level of analysis. The book also aims to help researchers in the field to re-examine the current development of social movement theories and to learn the specific trajectory of urban social movements in Hong Kong |
| Notes |
Denny Ho Kwok-leung |
| Subject |
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000160796 |
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1000160793 |
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9781003073888 |
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1003073883 |
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9781000114447 |
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1000114449 |
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9781000136043 |
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1000136043 |
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