Politics and change in Singapore and Hong Kong : containing contention / Stephan Ortmann.
Explains the changing pattern of contentious politics in the democratization process of the two city-states Singapore and Hong Kong. This book explores the causal connections between popular contention and democratization by applying a multi-disciplinary approach, using theoretical insights from the...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2010.
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| Series: | Routledge contemporary Asia series ;
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction and methodology : containing contention in Hong Kong and Singapore
- Modernization and the political process model
- Depoliticization and the rise of social protest in Hong Kong during the 1970s
- Expanding political opportunities and limiting institutional structures in Singapore
- Ruling elite groups in Hong Kong during the 1970s : positive non-interventionism and the rise of contention
- Ruling elite groups in Singapore : strength through cohesion
- Oppositional groups in Hong Kong : the right to protest
- Oppositional groups in Singapore : contention denied
- Comparing ruling elite strategies in Hong Kong and Singapore : implications for the future.