| Popis: |
Recent studies on Macau politics have increasingly focused on protest as a type of political participation. However, few studies provide an overall pattern of protest after 1999. Through an original dataset that contains 544 labor protest events from 2000 to 2017, this study finds that labor disputes are the most common issue that triggers protest in Macau and that labor disputes have the following three essential patterns: (1) they steadily increase in number, (2) they are fragmented in appeal issues, and (3) they are moderate in protest repertoire. The above patterns have appeared because the traditional peak labor association is no longer able to act as an intermediary between business and the labor sector in the rapidly changing socioeconomic conditions of the past 20 years. Accordingly, this study challenges the stereotype that Macau has a politically apathetic society and renews the understanding on Macau’s political participation. |
