Political Change and the Women's Movement in Hong Kong and Macau

Autor:	Irene L. K. Tong, Wai-man Lam
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Civil society Economic growth Political opportunity media_common.quotation_subject 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Social change Colonialism Democracy Gender Studies Politics 050903 gender studies Political economy Sociology Democratization 0509 other social sciences China media_common
Zdroj:	Asian Journal of Women's Studies. 12:7-35
ISSN:	2377-004X 1225-9276
DOI:	10.1080/12259276.2006.11666003
Popis:	During the colonial era womens movements in Hong Kong and Macau differed substantially in nature agenda organization and strategies. Their divergence was mainly attributable to the different political opportunity structures offered by the British and the Portuguese colonial administrations at different points of time. Partial democratization in Hong Kong in the late transition period nurtured a rather vocal feminist movement which was not so in Macau during the same period. However when Hong Kong and Macau became Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of China in 1997 and 1999 respectively similar obstacles emerged before them. Though still substantially different in their levels of feminist consciousness womens movements in both places have been increasingly constrained by the development of a crude nationalistic discourse that emphasizes unity and stability and political structures that do not share power with civil society and respond selectively to social demands. (authors)
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