TY - BOOK AU - Ortmann,Stephan TI - Politics and change in Singapore and Hong Kong : containing contention T2 - Routledge contemporary Asia series SN - 9780415552912 AV - JQ1063.A91 O77 2010 U1 - 320.95125 22 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Protest movements KW - Singapore KW - Opposition (Political science) KW - Hong Kong KW - Politics and government KW - 1965-1990 KW - 1990- KW - Hong Kong (China) N1 - 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 ER -