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.
This book establishes a new theory of mediated threat to explain the declining role of movement organizations and the rise of leaderful mobilization in Hong Kong. It offers unique insights into contemporary social movements, China studies, and the future of autocracies and democracies amidst rising social polarization and geopolitical tensions.
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Establishes a new theory on the declining role of movement organizations and the rise of leaderful mobilization in Hong Kong.
1. Introduction; Part I. Context:
2. The making of a liberal oligarchy;
3. A new cycle of protests; Part II. Episodes:
4. No leaders, only the
masses;
5. Synchronizing threats; Part III. Mechanisms:
6. Sectoral networks;
7. Loss of innocence;
8. Peer collaboration;
9. Money matters;
10.
Radicalization and solidarity;
11. Conclusion.
Edmund W. Cheng is Professor of Political Science at the City University of Hong Kong. His research spans across contentious politics, political communication, and the sociology of knowledge. He co-edits Social Movement Studies and is a recipient of the Gordon White Prize. Samson Yuen is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government and International Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. His research interests include contentious politics, civil conflicts, public opinion, and civil society, focusing on East Asia. He is a recipient of the ICAS Best Article Prize.
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