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Ortmann, Stephan

Politics and change in Singapore and Hong Kong containing contention - London Routledge 2010 - xvi,228p. 24 cm. - Routledge contemporary Asia series ; 21 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and methodology : containing contention in Hong Kong and Singapore -- Modernization and the political process model -- Depoliticization and the rise of social protest in Hong Kong during the 1970s -- Expanding political opportunities and limiting institutional structures in Singapore -- Ruling elite groups in Hong Kong during the 1970s : positive non-interventionism and the rise of contention -- Ruling elite groups in Singapore : strength through cohesion -- Oppositional groups in Hong Kong : the right to protest -- Oppositional groups in Singapore : contention denied -- Comparing ruling elite strategies in Hong Kong and Singapore : implications for the future.

ISBN: 9780415552912

LCCN: 2009015978

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA984052 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015356819 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1970-2006

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Protest movements--Singapore.
Opposition (Political science)--Singapore.
Protest movements--Hong Kong.
Opposition (Political science)--Hong Kong,

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Singapore--Politics and government--1965-1990.
Singapore--Politics and government--1990-
Hong Kong (China)--Politics and government.

LC Class. No.: JQ1063.A91 / O77 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 320.95125 / OR-P