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Remaking Citizenship in Hong Kong
Community, Nation and the Global City
Edited by Agnes S. Ku and Ngai Pun, both at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
With a foreword by Bryan S. Turner

RoutledgeCurzon
August 2004: 234x156: 264pp: illus. 2 tables
Hb: 0-415-33209-5: £65.00

Market: Chinese Studies, Asian Studies and Citizenship

Published by: Taylor and Francis Group

Synopsis:
Hong Kong has been undergoing considerable changes since its postcolonial independence. This book provides a detailed comparative account of the development of citizenship and civil society in Hong Kong from its time as a British colony to its current status as a special autonomous region of China. Subjects covered include immigration, race, gender, homosexuality, the law and resistance. The book also compares citizenship and civil society in Hong Kong with a number of other East Asian countries.

Contents:

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Foreword Bryan S. Turner

Introduction

1. Introduction: Remaking Citizenship in Hong Kong Agnes S. Ku and Ngai Pun

Part 1 State, Institutions, and Ideologies
2. Citizenship as a Form of Governance: A Historical Overview Denny Kwok-Leung Ho
3. Welfare Good or Colonial Citizenship? A Case Study of Early Resettlement Housing Iam-Chong Ip
4. Civic Education and the Making of Deformed Citizenry: From British Colony to Chinese Sar Thomas Kwan-Choi Tse
6. The Making of 'Ideal Citizen' in Schooling Processes: Gender, Differences and Inequalities Anita Chan

Part 2 Migration, Belonging, and Exclusion
7. Politics of Incorporation and Exclusion: Citizenship and Immigration Issues Hon-Chu Leung
8. Hong Kong as a Semi-Ethnocracy: 'Race', Migration, and Citizenship in a Globalized Region Barry Sautman
9. Lived Citizenship and Lower Class Chinese Migrant Women: A Global City without its People Ngai Pun and Ka-Ming Wu

Part 3 Civil Society, Resistance, and Participation
10. Negotiating Law, Rights, and Civil Autonomy: From the Colonial to the Post-Colonial Regimes Agnes S. Ku
11. En Gendering Citizenship Lai-Ching Leung
12. (Post-)Identity Politics and Anti-Normalization: (Homo)Sexual Rights Movement Day Wong
13. In Search of Communal Economic Subject - Reflections on a Local Community Currency Project Po-Keung Hui
15. One Country, Three Systems? State, Nation, and Civil Society in the Making of Citizenship in the Chinese Triangle of Mainland-Taiwan-Hong Kong Alvin So

Index

Contributors