Chit Wai John Mok
Biographic Data
| ID | 911569 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chit Wai John Mok |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chit Wai John |
| FAMILY NAME | Mok |
| SIGNATURE | MOK C W J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Irvine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1366-4899 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mobilization of mission trips: The case of northbound Catholics in Hong Kong
China’s ‘reform and opening-up’ in 1978 offered new but uncertain opportunities for people in Hong Kong, then a British colony, to travel northward to mainland China. Many were to contribute to the country’s economic revival. Understudied was a group of Catholics who capitalized on the new situation to reconnect the Church on the mainland with the universal Catholic Church. What motivated these ‘northbound Catholics’ to repeatedly embark on such …
Groundwork for Democracy? Community Abeyance and Lived Citizenship in Hong Kong
Studies on Hong Kong’s contentious politics have focused primarily on the high tides of mobilization. Scant attention is paid to what became of the intense mobilizations following their decline. This article spotlights the “abeyance” politics of community activism, in which activists sought to make territorial communities an arena of social and political participation in quieter times after mass mobilizations. Drawing on the concept of abeyance f…
Violent Repression, Relational Positions, and Emotional Mechanisms in Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Movement
Emotions are essential for mobilization. In the face of violent repression, individual participants evaluate their relational positions in the interaction order within relation to other participants and compare their contributions. This evaluation leads to the arousal of emotions that help sustain mobilization. Using Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement as a case and based on thirty-two in-depth interviews of participants, this article proposes …
Trends: A Red Flag for Participation: The Influence of Chinese Mainlandization on Political Behavior in Hong Kong
This article assesses how contemporary forms of regional assimilation by centralizing states affect the political behavior of threatened social groups within peripheral polities. Recent mainlandization, “the blurring of the physical, social, cultural and psychological border between Mainland China and Hong Kong,” has constrained the region’s autonomy. Here, we consider the political consequences of Chinese mainlandization. How does mainlandizatio…
Sino-Vatican Rapprochement: An Assessment of Pope Francis’ Realpolitik and the Provisional Agreement on the Appointment of Bishops
In September 2018, the Vatican and the People’s Republic of China reached a landmark provisional agreement, marking a new phase of relations between the two states since the severance of ties in 1951. What led to the signing of the agreement? What are its critical achievements and failures? This article argues that it was the realpolitik of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit Pope, that led the Vatican to make ‘a leap of faith’ and diverge from the tw…
Why and How Umbrella Movement Participants Ran in the Authoritarian Elections in Hong Kong
Why do social movement participants turn to elections to advance their goals? Little scholarship has examined movement–election connections at the micro level, and cases from nondemocratic settings are few. After the 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong failed to achieve substantive results, very few occupiers ran as candidates in the next two general elections. Drawing on interviews with Umbrella candidates and campaign assistants, I argue that a…
Trends: A Red Flag for Participation: The Influence of Chinese Mainlandization on Political Behavior in Hong Kong
This article assesses how contemporary forms of regional assimilation by centralizing states affect the political behavior of threatened social groups within peripheral polities. Recent mainlandization, “the blurring of the physical, social, cultural and psychological border between Mainland China and Hong Kong,” has constrained the region’s autonomy. Here, we consider the political consequences of Chinese mainlandization. How does mainlandizatio…
Why and How Umbrella Movement Participants Ran in the Authoritarian Elections in Hong Kong
Why do social movement participants turn to elections to advance their goals? Little scholarship has examined movement–election connections at the micro level, and cases from nondemocratic settings are few. After the 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong failed to achieve substantive results, very few occupiers ran as candidates in the next two general elections. Drawing on interviews with Umbrella candidates and campaign assistants, I argue that a…
Violent Repression, Relational Positions, and Emotional Mechanisms in Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Movement
Emotions are essential for mobilization. In the face of violent repression, individual participants evaluate their relational positions in the interaction order within relation to other participants and compare their contributions. This evaluation leads to the arousal of emotions that help sustain mobilization. Using Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement as a case and based on thirty-two in-depth interviews of participants, this article proposes …
Groundwork for Democracy? Community Abeyance and Lived Citizenship in Hong Kong
Studies on Hong Kong’s contentious politics have focused primarily on the high tides of mobilization. Scant attention is paid to what became of the intense mobilizations following their decline. This article spotlights the “abeyance” politics of community activism, in which activists sought to make territorial communities an arena of social and political participation in quieter times after mass mobilizations. Drawing on the concept of abeyance f…
Sino-Vatican Rapprochement: An Assessment of Pope Francis’ Realpolitik and the Provisional Agreement on the Appointment of Bishops
In September 2018, the Vatican and the People’s Republic of China reached a landmark provisional agreement, marking a new phase of relations between the two states since the severance of ties in 1951. What led to the signing of the agreement? What are its critical achievements and failures? This article argues that it was the realpolitik of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit Pope, that led the Vatican to make ‘a leap of faith’ and diverge from the tw…
Sino-Vatican Rapprochement: An Assessment of Pope Francis’ Realpolitik and the Provisional Agreement on the Appointment of Bishops
In September 2018, the Vatican and the People’s Republic of China reached a landmark provisional agreement, marking a new phase of relations between the two states since the severance of ties in 1951. What led to the signing of the agreement? What are its critical achievements and failures? This article argues that it was the realpolitik of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit Pope, that led the Vatican to make ‘a leap of faith’ and diverge from the tw…
Why and How Umbrella Movement Participants Ran in the Authoritarian Elections in Hong Kong
Why do social movement participants turn to elections to advance their goals? Little scholarship has examined movement–election connections at the micro level, and cases from nondemocratic settings are few. After the 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong failed to achieve substantive results, very few occupiers ran as candidates in the next two general elections. Drawing on interviews with Umbrella candidates and campaign assistants, I argue that a…
Trends: A Red Flag for Participation: The Influence of Chinese Mainlandization on Political Behavior in Hong Kong
This article assesses how contemporary forms of regional assimilation by centralizing states affect the political behavior of threatened social groups within peripheral polities. Recent mainlandization, “the blurring of the physical, social, cultural and psychological border between Mainland China and Hong Kong,” has constrained the region’s autonomy. Here, we consider the political consequences of Chinese mainlandization. How does mainlandizatio…
Violent Repression, Relational Positions, and Emotional Mechanisms in Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Movement
Emotions are essential for mobilization. In the face of violent repression, individual participants evaluate their relational positions in the interaction order within relation to other participants and compare their contributions. This evaluation leads to the arousal of emotions that help sustain mobilization. Using Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement as a case and based on thirty-two in-depth interviews of participants, this article proposes …
Groundwork for Democracy? Community Abeyance and Lived Citizenship in Hong Kong
Studies on Hong Kong’s contentious politics have focused primarily on the high tides of mobilization. Scant attention is paid to what became of the intense mobilizations following their decline. This article spotlights the “abeyance” politics of community activism, in which activists sought to make territorial communities an arena of social and political participation in quieter times after mass mobilizations. Drawing on the concept of abeyance f…
Mobilization of mission trips: The case of northbound Catholics in Hong Kong
China’s ‘reform and opening-up’ in 1978 offered new but uncertain opportunities for people in Hong Kong, then a British colony, to travel northward to mainland China. Many were to contribute to the country’s economic revival. Understudied was a group of Catholics who capitalized on the new situation to reconnect the Church on the mainland with the universal Catholic Church. What motivated these ‘northbound Catholics’ to repeatedly embark on such …
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · China (2 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (2 works)