The umbrella movement: civil resistance and contentious space in Hong Kong

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong -- 1 From Political Acquiescence to Civil Disobedience: Hong Kong's Road to Occupation -- 2. Spontaneity and Civil Resistance: A Counter Frame of the Umbrella Movement -- 3. Rude Awakening: New Participants and the Umbrella Movement -- 4. Perceived Outcomes and Willingness to Retreat among Umbrella Movement Participants -- 5. Praxis of Cultivating Civic Spontaneity: Aesthetic Intervention in the Umbrella Movement -- 6. Creating a Textual Public Space: Slogans and Texts from the Umbrella Movement -- 7. From Repression to Attrition: State Responses towards the Umbrella Movement -- 8. Protesters and Tactical Escalation -- 9. Mass Support for the Umbrella Movement -- 10. Correlates of Public Attitudes toward the Umbrella Movement -- 11. The Power of Sunflower: The Origin and the Impact of Taiwan's Protest against Free Trade with China -- 12. The Mirror Image: How does Macao Society read Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement? -- 13. Hong Kong Now, Shanghai Then -- Appendix .The Umbrella Movement—Chronology of Major Events -- Index

Introduction Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong / Ngok Ma and Edmund W. Cheng -- pt. A. Trajectory and contingency. 1. From political acquiescence to civil disobedience : Hong Kong's road to occupation / Ngok Ma ; 2. Spontaneity and civil resistance : a counter frame of the Umbrella Movement / Edmund W. Cheng ; 3. Rude awakening : new participants and the Umbrella Movement / Ngok Ma -- pt. B. Repertories and strategies. Perceived outcomes and willingness to retreat among Umbrella Movement participants / FrancisLee and Gary Tang ; 5. Praxis of cultivating civic spontaneity : aesthetic intervention in the Umbrella Movement / Cheuk-Hang Leung and Sampson Wong ; 6. creating a textual public space : slogans and texts from the Umbrella Movement / Sebastian Veg -- pt. C. Regime and public responses. 7. From repression to attrition : state responses towards the Umbrella Movement / Samson Yuen ; 8. Protesters and tactical escalation / Yongshun Cai ; 9. Mass support for the Umbrella Movement / Ming Sing ; 10. Correlates of public attitudes toward the Umbrella Movement / Stan Hok-Wui Wong -- pt. D. Comparative perspectives. 11. The power of sunflower : the origin and the impact of Taiwan's protest against free trade with China / Ming-sho Ho and Thung-hong Lin ; 12. the mirror image : how does Macao society read Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement? / Eilo Yu Wing-yat ; 13. Hong Kong now, Shanghai then / Jeffrey Wasserstrom -- Appendix. The Umbrella Movement—Chronology of major events.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong / Ma, Ngok / W. Cheng, Edmund -- Part A. Trajectory and Contingency -- 1. From Political Acquiescence to Civil Disobedience. Hong Kong's Road to Occupation / Ma, Ngok -- 2. Spontaneity and Civil Resistance. A Counter Frame of the Umbrella Movement / W. Cheng, Edmund -- 3. Rude Awakening. New Participants and the Umbrella Movement / Ma, Ngok -- Part B. Repertories and Strategies -- 4. Perceived Outcomes and Willingness to Retreat among Umbrella Movement Participants / Lee, Francis / Tang, Gary -- 5. Praxis of Cultivating Civic Spontaneity. Aesthetic Intervention in the Umbrella Movement / Leung, Cheuk-Hang / Wong, Sampson -- 6. Creating a Textual Public Space. Slogans and Texts from the Umbrella Movement / Veg, Sebastian -- Part C. Regime and Public Responses -- 7. From Repression to Attrition State Responses towards the Umbrella Movement / Yuen, Samson -- 8. Protesters and Tactical Escalation / Cai, Yongshun -- 9. Mass Support for the Umbrella Movement / Sing, Ming -- 10. Correlates of Public Attitudes toward the Umbrella Movement / Hok-Wui Wong, Stan -- Part D. Comparative Perspectives -- 11. The Power of Sunflower. The Origin and the Impact of Taiwan's Protest against Free Trade with China / Ho, Ming-sho / Lin, Thung-hong -- 12. The Mirror Image. How does Macao Society read Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement? / Yu Wing-yat, Eilo -- 13. Hong Kong Now, Shanghai Then / Wasserstrom, Jeffrey -- Appendix. The Umbrella Movement-Chronology of Major Events -- Index

From Political Acquiescence to Civil Disobedience : Hong Kong's Road to Occupation / Ngok Ma -- Spontaneity and Civil Resistance : A Counter Frame of the Umbrella Movement / Edmund W. Cheng -- Rude Awakening : New Participants and the Umbrella Movement / Ngok Ma -- Perceived Outcomes and Willingness to Retreat among Umbrella Movement Participants / FrancisLee and Gary Tang -- Praxis of Cultivating Civic Spontaneity : Aesthetic Intervention in the Umbrella Movement / Cheuk-Hang Leung and Sampson Wong -- Creating a Textual Public Space : Slogans and Texts from the Umbrella Movement Sebastian Veg -- From Repression to Attrition : State Responses towards the Umbrella Movement / Samson Yuen -- Protesters and Tactical Escalation / Yongshun Cai -- Mass Support for the Umbrella Movement / Ming Sing -- Correlates of Public Attitudes toward the Umbrella Movement / Stan Hok-Wui Wong -- The Power of Sunflower : The Origin and the Impact of Taiwan's Protest against Free Trade with China / Ming-sho Ho and Thung-hong Lin -- The Mirror Image : How does Macao Society read Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement? / Eilo Yu Wing-yat -- Hong Kong Now, Shanghai Then / Jeffrey Wasserstrom.

This volume examines the most spectacular struggle for democracy in post-handover Hong Kong. Bringing together scholars with different disciplinary focuses and comparative perspectives from mainland China, Taiwan and Macau, one common thread that stitches the chapters is the use of first-hand data collected through on-site fieldwork. This study unearths how trajectories can create favourable conditions for the spontaneous civil resistance despite the absence of political opportunities and surveys the dynamics through which the protestors, the regime and the wider public responses differently to the prolonged contentious space. The Umbrella Movement: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong offers an informed analysis of the political future of Hong Kong and its relations with the authoritarian sovereignty as well as sheds light on the methodological challenges and promises in studying modern-day protests.

For 79 days, the Umbrella Movement staged Hong Kong's most spectacular struggle for democracy. Sparked by disgruntlement over Beijing's denial of universal suffrage elections, the protests first began with class boycott along the largely-scripted Occupy Central, but later morphed into a spontaneous, resilient street occupation, transforming roads and pavements into protest sites and tent villages. Although the movement failed to bring any tangible political changes, it has transformed Hong Kong politics in many ways. Not only has it catalyzed the emergence of new movement agency, repertoires and claims, it has also defined a new era for Hong Kong, its relations with China and its identity in the world. This emerging political landscape merits thorough examination. This book is a collaborative attempt to examine this unprecedented and watershed event. It brings together 13 essays written by scholars with different disciplinary and research focuses. The chapters probe the political origins of the movement; identify new participants, protest forms and action repertoires; analyze protesters' strategies and regime responses; and also bring in comparative perspectives from mainland China, Taiwan and Macau. One common thread that stitches the chapters together is the use of first-hand data collected through on-site fieldwork across the protest sites