Be Water, My Friend
Hong Kong’s 2019 Anti-Extradition Protests
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9951966 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heike Holbig (0000-0002-3406-2600, Goethe University Frankfurt, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 325-337 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7659 • E-ISSN: 1557-9336 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207659.2020.1802556 |
| OpenAlex | W3047241189 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 9 |
The 2019 wave of protests in Hong Kong, while reproducing the patterns of earlier social movements against perceived political pressure from the Chinese mainland, spiraled into an unprecedented escalation. This paper investigates the political, socio-economic and cultural factors that triggered the anti-extradition protests in 2019 and generated an environment in which participants appeared to deliberately accept the risks of violent confrontation. In particular, it analyses the movement’s symbolic repertoires, organizational features and resistance techniques, which responded to increasingly sophisticated techniques of authoritarian surveillance. Based on readings of the wider social movement literature, the paper juxtaposes global and local perceptions of protest events on the ground
Authoritarianism · China · Criminology · Democracy · Mainland · Mainland China · Media studies · Perception · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Social movement · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Homelessness and Social Issues · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting · Law · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |