The attentive spectators: Political participation of the Hong Kong Chinese |
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Authors: | Lau Siu-kai Kuan Hsin-chi |
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Institution: | 1. the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China 2. Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, China 3. Universities Service Center, USA
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Abstract: | Based on a large-scale territory-wide questionnaire survey, this study purports to delineate the pattern of political participation
of the Hong Kong Chinese. It is found that though the overall level of participation remains low, political activism has nonetheless
increased since the early 1980s. Political participation in Hong Kong is primarily parochial and conventional in nature, yet
there also exists a significant expressive and unconventional component. The mode of participation is fragmented and largely
individualistic. Hong Kong Chinese are increasingly inclined to take collective actions, but participation mobilized by political
groups is still limited. Hong Kong Chinese however pay much attention to politics. In view of the coexistence of high cognitive
participation and low behavioral participation, Hong Kong Chinese can be appropriately described as “attentive spectators.”
He is the author ofSociety and Politics in Hong Kong (1982) andHong Kong Politics in the Transitional Period (in Chinese, 1993) |
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