Interest Groups and the New Democracy Movement in Hong Kong

Herausgeber: Lo, Sonny Shiu-Hing

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book marks a new attempt at understanding the activities of various interest groups in their quest for democratic participation, governmental responsiveness and openness.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 611g
• ISBN-13: 9781138690059
• ISBN-10: 1138690058
• Artikelnr.: 49209359

Autorenporträt

Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo is Professor and Deputy Director in the School of Professional and Continuing Education at the University of Hong Kong.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgement
Abbreviations
list of tables
List of figures
Notes on contributors
Chapter 1: Interest groups, intellectuals and new democracy movement in
Hong Kong (Sonny Shiu-Hing LO)
Chapter 2: Interests groups and democracy movement in Hong Kong: A
historical perspective (Steven Chung-fun HUNG)
Chapter 3: Lawyers as an interest group in Hong Kong's democracy movement
(Karen Man Yee LEE)
Chapter 4: Journalists as interest groups: implications for democracy
movement (Kenneth Wai-kin MING)
Chapter 5: Professional teachers' union as interest group fighting for
democracy (Steven Chung-fun HUNG)
Chapter 6: Workers as interest groups: Are they fragmented and powerless?
(Jeff Hai-chi LOO)
Chapter 7: Why Hong Kong's business interest groups are Anti-democratic?
(Minxing ZHAO)
Chapter 8: The Hong Kong catholic church: Endeavour in promoting democracy
(Beatrice LEUNG)
Chapter 9: The emergence of nativist groups and political change (Stephan
ORTMANN)
Chapter 10: Student and youth activism: The new youth groups in
anti-national education policy and occupy central movement (Eric King-Man
CHONG)
Chapter 11: Environmental governance and the rise of environmental movement
in Hong Kong (Dennis Lai Hang HUI)
Chapter 12: Political interest group and democratization: The Hong Kong
alliance in support of patriotic democratic movements of China (Sonny
Shiu-Hing LO)
Conclusion: New democracy movement, interest groups politics and
implications for China (Sonny Shiu-Hing LO)
Bibliography
Index