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Chang Kwun-Hung. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-189). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Chapter 1. --- Introduction ; Chapter 1.1 --- The approach of this thesis --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Criticisms on Rawls --- p.8 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Influences from Marx --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.4 --- "Socialism, market, and democracy" --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.5 --- Why should we need equality? --- p.18 ; Chapter 2. --- Complex Equality and Distributive Justice ; Chapter 2.1 --- Social goods and distributive spheres --- p.22 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Problems on simple equality --- p.26 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Complex equality and reduction of dominance --- p.33 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Blocked exchange and free exchanges --- p.37 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Natural endowments and desert --- p.40 ; Chapter 3. --- Criticisms on Walzer's theory of social goods ; Chapter 3.1 --- Loose link between social meanings and distributive principles --- p.47 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Moral considerations and principle of utility --- p.50 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Basic needs and communal provision --- p.56 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Unclear boundaries between social goods --- p.60 ; Chapter 4. --- Citizenship and shared understandings of social goods ; Chapter 4.1 --- Democratic citizenship and political power --- p.70 ; Chapter 4.2 --- Decentralized democratic socialism --- p.77 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Ruled by citizens or ruled by specialists? --- p.79 ; Chapter 4.4 --- Shared understandings of social welfare --- p.81 ; Chapter 4.41 --- Medical care ; Chapter 4.42 --- Education ; Chapter 4.5 --- Art of separation --- p.91 ; Chapter 5. --- Interpretation and social criticism ; Chapter 5.1 --- Interpretation thesis --- p.99 ; Chapter 5.2 --- Social criticism --- p.111 ; Chapter 5.3 --- Dworkin-Walzer debate --- p.118 ; Chapter 6. --- Problems with Walzer's interpretation thesis ; Chapter 6.1 --- The possibility of social criticisms made by another society --- p.132 ; Chapter 6.2 --- Refutation of interpretation thesis --- p.139 ...

Zhang Weiyu. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 170-177). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter I --- Subaltern Public Spheres on the Internet --- p.5 ; Democracy and the Internet --- p.5 ; Public sphere as a democratic ideal --- p.7 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Habermasian public sphere --- p.8 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Multiple public spheres --- p.11 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Habermasian public sphere vs. multiple public spheres --- p.17 ; Public sphere and the Internet --- p.21 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Habermasian public sphere on the Internet --- p.23 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Multiple public spheres on the Internet --- p.27 ; Chapter II --- Subaltern Public Spheres in China --- p.30 ; The history of Chinese civil society --- p.30 ; Civil society in contemporary China --- p.32 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Definitions of civil society --- p.32 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Trade union and the caged social organizations --- p.34 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Entrepreneurial class and the incorporated social organizations --- p.36 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Discussions --- p.38 ; Multiple public spheres in contemporary China --- p.39 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Mass media and the dominant public sphere --- p.41 ; Chapter ´Ø --- The premises of subaltern public sphere in China --- p.42 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Subaltern public spheres in contemporary China --- p.44 ; Chapter III --- Research Questions and Research Design --- p.48 ; Research questions --- p.48 ; Research site: an online discussion board of movies --- p.48 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Why BBS? --- p.49 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Why movies? --- p.51 ; Research methods --- p.54 ; Chapter IV --- Bulletin Boards as Subaltern Public Spheres --- p.57 ; Introduction of Rear Window --- p.58 ; Chapter ´Ø --- The development of Rear Window --- p.59 ; Chapter ´Ø --- The contents on Rear Window --- p.61 ; Chapter ´Ø --- The users of Rear Window --- p.63 ; Accessibility of Rear Window --- p.65 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Accessibility of the Internet in China --- p.65 ; Chapter ´Ø --- Accessibility of ...

Li Yee Ching, Magdalene. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-160). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Acknowledgments --- p.i ; Abstract --- p.ii ; Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction ; Overview --- p.1 ; Research Objective --- p.5 ; Conceptualization --- p.7 ; Organization of the paper --- p.11 ; Chapter Chapter 2: --- Communication and Collective Memory ; Overview --- p.13 ; Collective Memory and Social Changes --- p.20 ; Collective Memory and Political Changes --- p.22 ; Mass Media and Collective Memory --- p.23 ; Chapter Chapter 3: --- Research Design ; Discourse Analysis of the Representation of June4 --- p.31 ; Data Analysis --- p.34 ; Chapter Chapter 4: --- Initial Frames of Remembrance of the Tiananmen Incident in1989 ; The Structure of the Available Past --- p.38 ; The 1989 Pro-Democracy Movement in Beijing --- p.40 ; Framing the June 4 Incident in the Hong Kong Context --- p.45 ; Contextualizing the 1989 Pro-democracy Movement --- p.56 ; June 4 and the Hong Kong Media --- p.61 ; Chapter Chapter 5: --- The First Anniversary of the Crackdown in1990 ; Commemoration and Collective Memory --- p.66 ; The Commemoration Project of June4 --- p.67 ; The Media as a Field of Memory --- p.68 ; Cultivating Collective Memory --- p.70 ; Interpreting the Changes in Memory --- p.77 ; Chapter Chapter 6: --- The 5th Anniversary of June 4 in1994 ; The Script of the June 4 Anniversary --- p.80 ; The Commemoration Project in1994 --- p.81 ; Shifting Media Representations of Key Players --- p.83 ; Subdued Commemoration of the Media --- p.91 ; The Context of Changes in the June 4 Memory --- p.93 ; The Role of the Media --- p.96 ; Chapter Chapter 7: --- The June 4 Incident Commemoration on the Eve of the1997 Handover ; Contradictions in the Memory of June4 --- p.101 ; Media's Coverage and the June 4 Commemoration --- p.103 ; Representation of Major Actors in1997 --- p.104 ; Media's Interpretation of the Meaning of June4 --- p.113 ; Interpreting the ...

Chow King Mun. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-144). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract (in English and Chinese) --- p.iv-v ; Acknowledgements --- p.vi ; Notes --- p.vii ; List of Figures --- p.viii ; List of Diagrams and Tables --- p.viii ; Figures ; Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- The Aim of the Study ; Chapter 1.2 --- The Road to Chinese Modernity ; Chapter 1.3 --- Modernity and Consumption ; Chapter 1.4 --- Theories of Consumption ; Chapter 1.5 --- Consumption in China ; Chapter 1.6 --- "A Brief Overview of the Tian Village, Zhongshan" ; Chapter 1.7 --- Methodology ; Chapter 1.8 --- Summary of the Chapters Making up the Thesis ; Chapter 1.9 --- Significance of Study ; Chapter 2. --- Tian Village and its Environment --- p.27 ; Chapter 2.1 --- The Xiaolan Town ; Chapter 2.2 --- The Tian Village ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Background ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Dramatic Transformation of the Village ; Chapter 2.2.3 --- The Economic Activities ; Chapter 2.2.4 --- Education Level ; Chapter 2.2.5 --- Migrant Labourers ; Chapter 2.3 --- Summary ; Chapter 3. --- Aspiring to be Modern --- p.52 ; Chapter 3.1 --- What is Modernity? ; Chapter 3.2 --- The Aspirations of Older and Younger Villagers ; Chapter 3.2.1 --- The young generation ; Chapter 3.2.2 --- The old generation ; Chapter 3.3.3 --- The hardships of the older villagers ; Chapter 3.3 --- The Government Initiatives ; Chapter 3.4 --- The Hong Kong Influences ; Chapter 3.5 --- The Discourses of Modernity ; Chapter 3.6 --- Summary ; Chapter 4. --- Striving for a Better Life --- p.78 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Strategies to earn money ; Chapter 4.2 --- Case Study 1: Big Brother ; Chapter 4.3 --- Case Study 2: Ah Ming's mother ; Chapter 4.4 --- Case Study 3: AhYan ; Chapter 4.5 --- Case Study 4: Mr He ; Chapter 4.6 --- Summary ; Chapter 5. --- Consumption and Modernity --- p.92 ; Chapter 5.1 --- Interpreting modernity: Consumption as a strategy ; Chapter 5.1.1 --- Housing ...

Lee Ying Chuen. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-110). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.6 ; Chapter Chapter Two --- Literature Review --- p.13 ; Chapter Chapter Three --- Mapping the Local Sound Scape --- p.29 ; Chapter Chapter Four --- Blackbird: A living Song --- p.54 ; Chapter Chapter Five --- Freedom of Art as Freedom of Life --Cultural Discourse as Political Activity --- p.80 ; Chapter Chapter Six --- Concluding Remarks --- p.95 ; Postscript --- p.98 ; Appendix --- p.101 ; References --- p.104

Lam Pui Shan, Denise. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 168-177). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.iii ; Acknowledgements --- p.vii ; Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1. --- Individual Level --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.2. --- Organizational Level --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.3. --- Contextual Level --- p.6 ; Chapter 2. --- Literature Review --- p.9 ; Chapter 2.1. --- Coercive Isomorphism --- p.12 ; Chapter 2.2. --- Mimetic Isomorphism --- p.14 ; Chapter 2.3. --- Normative Isomorphism --- p.15 ; Chapter 3. --- Methodology --- p.26 ; Chapter 3.1. --- Methods of Data Collection --- p.27 ; Chapter 3.2. --- Methods Related to Different Levels of Analysis --- p.34 ; Chapter 4. --- Textual Analysis 一 Overall Review --- p.40 ; Chapter 4.1. --- ""Sex Education""" --- p.40 ; Chapter 4.2. --- """Hyper World""" --- p.66 ; Chapter 4.3. --- "Mother's Drawer is at the Bottommost,, --- p.68 ; Chapter 5. --- Individual Level --- p.70 ; Chapter 5.1. --- Personal Backgrounds --- p.70 ; Chapter 5.2. --- Degree of Freedom Experienced --- p.73 ; Chapter 5.3. --- Mechanisms of Isomorphic Forces within the Individual Level --- p.83 ; Chapter 5.4. --- Control and Autonomy Sourced from the Individual Level --- p.86 ; Chapter 6. --- Organizational Level --- p.88 ; Chapter 6.1. --- Organizational Structure --- p.88 ; Chapter 6.2. --- Organizational Missions and Goals --- p.91 ; Chapter 6.3. --- Code of Rules of RTHK --- p.92 ; Chapter 6.4. --- Organizational Culture --- p.95 ; Chapter 6.5. --- Mechanisms of Isomorphic Forces within the Organizational Level --- p.105 ; Chapter 6.6. --- "Comparisons with "Hyper World"" and "Mother's Drawer is at the Bottommost""" --- p.109 ; Chapter 6.7. --- Control and Autonomy Sourced from the Organizational Level --- p.123 ; Chapter 7. --- Contextual Level --- p.126 ; Chapter 7.1. --- Governmental Regulations --- p.126 ; Chapter 7.2. --- Suppliers of Information and Advices --- p.129 ; Chapter 7.3. --- Power Relations ...

Wong Wai Ling. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 210-218). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Acknowledgements --- p.i ; Declaration --- p.iii ; Abstract --- p.iv ; 中文摘要 --- p.vii ; Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- The Immigration of Cross-Border Families --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Family Strategies and Gender Relations --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Summary of Arguments --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Research Design and Methods --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.5 --- The Development of Cross-Border Families --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.6 --- Map of the Thesis --- p.16 ; Chapter Chapter 2: --- "Immigration, Gender, and Family" --- p.18 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Western Feminist Rethinking of the Family --- p.19 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Immigration Scholarship of Family Theorizing --- p.21 ; Chapter 2.3 --- An Integrative Approach --- p.25 ; Chapter 2.4 --- The Concept of Strategy with a Gender Perspective --- p.27 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Gender and Internal Family Processes --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.6 --- The Making of the Structural Context --- p.31 ; Chapter 2.7 --- Chinese Traditional Family Culture as Resource or Constraint? --- p.35 ; Chapter Chapter 3: --- Immigration and Family Formation Across the Hong Kong 一 Guangdong Border --- p.37 ; Chapter 3.1 --- History of Chinese Immigration and Cross-Border Family Formation --- p.37 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Immigration Policy and Family Split Structures --- p.42 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Immigration and Social Location of Immigrant Families --- p.45 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Women's Economic Situation --- p.47 ; Chapter 3.5 --- The Context of Reception --- p.51 ; Chapter Chapter 4: --- Strategies and Family Patterns --- p.62 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Tensions in Reconstituted Cross-Border Families --- p.63 ; Chapter 4.2 --- Family Strategies and Conjugal Arrangements --- p.64 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Legal Reunited Conjugal Arrangement --- p.67 ; Chapter 4.4 --- Split Conjugal Arrangement --- p.71 ; Chapter 4.5 --- Bi-national Conjugal Arrangement --- ...