Remaking Citizenship in Hong Kong: Community, nation and the global city (Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415396727 ISBN 13: 9780415396721

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Hong Kong has been undergoing considerable changes since its postcolonial independence. The authors provide a detailed comparative account of the development of citizenship and civil society in Hong Kong from its time as a British colony to its current st

About this title

About the Author:

Agnes S. Ku is Associate Professor of Social Science at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Ngai Pun is Assistant Professor of Social Science at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Review:

'The authors provide insightful analyses on the complex interwining between state and market and between doemstic politics and the global economy.' - The China Journal

'All the chapters reflect familiarity with contemporary general literature on their respective themes, considerable fieldwork and research, as well as insights derived from having personally experienced many of the changes presented in academic prose here.' - Michael Yahuda, LSE, in Political Studies Review

'[T]his is a book of great value in terms of its research agenda as well as theoretical and empirical contributions.' - Lam Wai-Man, China Perspectives, No. 2, 2007

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415396727
• ISBN 13: 9780415396721
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Ku Agnes S., Pun Ngai