Politics and change in Singapore and Hong Kong
Subtitle: containing contention
By: Stephan Ortmann.
Series: Routledge contemporary Asia series -- 21
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780415552912; 9780203867693
Subjects: Protest movements -- Singapore; Opposition (Political science) -- Singapore; Protest movements -- Hong Kong; Opposition (Political science) -- Hong Kong,; Singapore -- Politics and government -- 1965-1990; Singapore -- Politics and government -- 1990-; Hong Kong (China) -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and methodology : containing contention in Hong Kong and Singapore; title: Modernization and the political process model; title: Depoliticization and the rise of social protest in Hong Kong during the 1970s; title: Expanding political opportunities and limiting institutional structures in Singapore; title: Ruling elite groups in Hong Kong during the 1970s : positive non-interventionism and the rise of contention; title: Ruling elite groups in Singapore : strength through cohesion; title: Oppositional groups in Hong Kong : the right to protest; title: Oppositional groups in Singapore : contention denied; title: Comparing ruling elite strategies in Hong Kong and Singapore : implications for the future.