Interest Groups and the New Democracy Movement in Hong Kong (Routledge Contemporary China Series)

Since July 1, 2003, when half a million people protested on the streets, an era of the new democracy movement has begun in Hong Kong, including the 2012 anti-national education campaign, the 2014 Occupy Central Movement, and the rapid rise of localist groups. This new democracy movement in Hong Kong is characterized by a diversity of interest groups calling for political reform, policy change and the territory?s autonomy vis-?is the central government in Beijing. These groups include lawyers, teachers, students, nativists, workers, Catholics, human rights activists, environmental activists, and intellectuals. This book marks a new attempt at understanding the activities of various interest groups in their quest for democratic participation, governmental responsiveness and openness. They are utilizing new and unconventional modes of political participation, such as the Occupy Central Movement, cross-class mobilization, the use of technology and cyberspace, and human rights activities with cross-boundary implications for China?s political development. The book will be useful to students, researchers, officials, diplomats and journalists interested in the political change of Hong Kong and the implications for mainland China.

• | Author: Sonny Shiu Lo, Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Sep 14, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 280 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138690058
• | ISBN-13: 9781138690059