1st Edition
The Occupy Movement in Hong Kong Sustaining Decentralized Protest
By Yongshun Cai
Copyright 2017
184 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
174 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
174 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The Occupy movement in Hong Kong was sustained for about 80 days because of government tolerance, the presence of determined participants, and a weak leadership. The government tolerated the occupation because its initial use of force, in particular teargas, was counterproductive and provoked large-scale participation. Unlike other social movements, such as the 1989 Tiananmen movement, the Occupy... Read more
1. Sustaining Social Movements
2. Background of the Occupy Movement
3. Movement Legitimacy and Governement Response
4. Determined Participants and Movement Sustaining
5. Leadership of the Movement
6. Tactical Escalation and Its Limitations
7. Sustained Movement and the Consequences
8. Appendix: Data Collection
9. Notes
Biography
Yongshun Cai is Professor of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
