1st Edition

Citizenship, Identity and Social Movements in the New Hong Kong Localism after the Umbrella Movement

Edited By Wai-man Lam, Luke Cooper Copyright 2018
180 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
Notes on contributors

Introduction

Chapter 1 Decolonisation deferred: Hong Kong identity in historical perspective (Wing Sang Law)

Chapter 2 Changing identity politics: The democracy movement in Hong Kong (Ma Ngok)

Chapter 3 Mainland Chinese immigration in Hong Kong (香港新移民): Analysing anti-immigrant sentiment (James F. Downes)

Chapter 4 Hong Kong’s fragmented soul: Exploring brands of localism (Wai-man Lam)

Chapter 5 ‘You have to fight on your own’ Self-alienation and the new Hong Kong nationalism (Luke Cooper)

Chapter 6 The development of Hong Kong identity: From local to national identity (Stephan Ortmann)

Chapter 7 Visual and discourse resistance on the "China Factor": The cultural formation of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong (Wai-Kwok Benson Wong)

Chapter 8 From past to future: Hong Kong’s democratic movement (Benny Y. T. TAI)

Biography

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.

'This lucidly written book offers a timely analysis of the various shapes of Hong Kong’s thriving localism. It is both empirically rich and theoretically sound. In general, it reveals to keen readers a complex systems theory of changing interconnections, including; generational replacement, new socio-political movements, delicately changing situational identity informed by established as well as emerging social, economic and political divides. It is a must read for anyone who wishes to understand the haphazard development of Hong Kong in a process of accelerating absorption into Mainland China.' - KUAN, Hsin Chi, Emeritus Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong