Citizenship, Identity and Social Movements in the New Hong Kong

Localism After the Umbrella Movement
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-63295-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary China Series

Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Revolution’ has been widely regarded as a watershed moment in the polity’s post-1997 history. While public protest has long been a routine part of Hong Kong’s political culture, the preparedness of large numbers of citizens to participate in civil disobedience represented a new moment for Hong Kong society, reflecting both a very high level of politicisation and a deteriorating relationship with Beijing. The transformative processes underpinning the dramatic events of autumn 2014 have a wide relevance to scholarly debates on Hong Kong, China and the changing contours of world politics today.

This book provides an accessible entry point into the political and social cleavages that underpinned, and were expressed through, the Umbrella Movement. A key focus is the societal context and issues that have led to growth in a Hong Kong identity and how this became highly politically charged during the Umbrella Movement. It is widely recognised that political and ethnic identity has become a key cleavage in Hong Kong society. But there is little agreement amongst citizens about what it means to ‘be Hong Konger’ today or whether this identity is compatible or conflicting with ‘being Chinese’. The book locates these identity cleavages within their historical context and uses a range of theories to understand these processes, including theories of nationalism, social identity, ethnic conflict, nativism and cosmopolitanism. This theoretical plurality allows the reader to see the new localism in its full diversity and complexity and to reflect on the evolving nature of Hong Kong’s relationship with Mainland China.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lam, Wai-Man

Cooper, Luke

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Introduction

1. Introduction: Social Movements in the Era of Chinese Rule in Hong Kong [Wai-man Lam, University of Hong Kong, Luke Cooper, Anglia Ruskin University]

Part 2: Historical and Societal Context

2. Changing Identity Politics and the Democracy Movement in Hong Kong [Ngok Ma, Chinese University of Hong Kong

3. Mainland Chinese Immigration and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in Hong Kong [James Downes, University of Kent]

4. Three Phases in the Development of Local Identity in Hong Kong [Wing-sang Law, Lingnan University]

5. The Future of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement: Goals, Methods and Chances [Benny Yiu-ting Tai, University of Hong Kong]

Part 3: Identities and Movement, Tensions and Issues

6. A Fragmented Soul: Brands of Localism in Hong Kong [Wai-man Lam, University of Hong Kong]

7. Geopolitics and the Imagined Community: The case of the ‘New Hong Kongers’ [Luke Cooper, Anglia Ruskin University]

8. The Development of the Hong Kong Identity and the Rise of Localist Movements [Stephan Ortmann, City University of Hong Kong]

9. Visual Resistance and the Cultural Formation of the Umbrella Movement [Benson Wai-Kwok Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University]

10. Conclusion: Implications of the Changing Identities for Social Movements and Democracy [Luke Cooper, Anglia Ruskin University, Wai-man Lam, University of Hong Kong]

Über Autor(innen)

Wai-man Lam is Assistant Professor in School of Arts and Social Sciences at the Open University of Hong Kong.

Luke Cooper is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Anglia Ruskin University, UK.