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Title: State reactions towards street protests in Hong Kong: a glance of the year of 2012
Authors: Wong, Peter Yu Chi (王宇馳)
Department: Department of Asian and International Studies
Issue Date: 2014
Course: AIS4060 Directed Research Project
Programme: Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Asian and International Studies
Instructor: Dr. Ortmann, Stephan
Subjects: Demonstrations -- Government policy -- China -- Hong Kong.
Hong Kong (China) -- Social conditions -- 1997-
Citation: Wong, P. Y. C. (2014). State reactions towards street protests in Hong Kong: a glance of the year of 2012 (Outstanding Academic Papers by Students (OAPS)). Retrieved from City University of Hong Kong, CityU Institutional Repository.
Abstract: Hong Kong is a city of protest (Ng 2008).By empirical data, this paper suggests the state tended to ignore most street protests occurred in 2012 in Hong Kong, making the majority of these demonstrations ‘fruitless’ in outcomes. While in some rare cases, the state did respond positively to protesters. With inabilities of existing literatures as well as protest nature and participant number of protests in explaining such patterns, this paper turns to a political regime approach as an alternative, arguing liberal authoritarianism operating in Hong Kong is the main reason for both low state responses and its responsiveness, and, to certain cases, positive reactions. Elements of liberal authoritarianism like absence of electoral competitiveness, a politics/administration dichotomy and a political culture created by existence of civil liberties in Hong Kong help to explain the complicated phenomenon. By doing so, the research aims to contribute to studies of governmental responses to protests with a different and new light.
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