The making of leaderful mobilization : power and contention in Hong Kong / Edmund W. Cheng, City University of Hong Kong, Samson Yuen, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zheng, Wei (College teacher), author.

Yuen, Samson, 1986- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in contentious politics.

Cambridge studies in contentious politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hong Kong Protests, Hong Kong, China, 2019-.

Protest movements--China--Hong Kong.

Protest movements.

Civil disobedience--China--Hong Kong.

Civil disobedience.

Hong Kong (China)--Politics and government--1997-.

Hong Kong (China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 283 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

The past few decades saw the transformation of Hong Kong from a liberal enclave to a revolutionary crucible at China's offshore. The Making of Leaderful Mobilization takes you through the evolution of protests in this restive city, where ordinary citizens gradually emerged as the protagonists of contention in place of social movement organizations. The book presents a theory of mediated threat that illuminates how threat perceptions fueled shifting forms of mobilization - from brokered mobilization where organizations played guiding roles to leaderful mobilization driven by peer collaboration among the masses. Bringing together event analysis, opinion polls, interviews, and social media data, this book provides a thorough and methodical anatomy of Hong Kong's contentious politics. It unveils the processes and mechanisms of collective action that likely prevailed in many contemporary social movements worldwide. Our temporal approach also uncovers the multiple pathways reshaping hybrid regimes, underscoring their resilience and fragility.

Contents:

Section 1: Context. The making of a liberal oligarchy

A new cycle of protests

Section 2: Episodes. No leaders, only the masses

Synchronizing threats

Section 3: Mechanisms. Sectoral networks

Loss of innocence

Peer collaboration

Money matters

Radicalization and solidarity.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jan 2025).

ISBN:

9781009445818

1009445812

9781009445832

1009445839