THESIS
2015
xi, 331 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Abstract
The Anti-Express Rail Link (XRL) Movement began a new chapter for 21
st
century social movements in HONG KONG. The movement began in 2008 as
an apparently isolated land resumption incident involving Choi Yuen Village in
the remote area of New Territories and ended in early 2010 after a series of
protests with physical confrontations. I have studied the protestors’ personal
profiles, motivations, ideologies under the belief mobilisation theory, and the
extension of protest approaches. I found that the Anti-XRL movement has
undergone four phases of transformation: Phase I is a traditional strive by the
villagers and the involvement of experienced social activists; Phase II is the
involvement of non-aggrieved young protestors who process post-materialistic
ideologies; Phase III is...[
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The Anti-Express Rail Link (XRL) Movement began a new chapter for 21
st
century social movements in HONG KONG. The movement began in 2008 as
an apparently isolated land resumption incident involving Choi Yuen Village in
the remote area of New Territories and ended in early 2010 after a series of
protests with physical confrontations. I have studied the protestors’ personal
profiles, motivations, ideologies under the belief mobilisation theory, and the
extension of protest approaches. I found that the Anti-XRL movement has
undergone four phases of transformation: Phase I is a traditional strive by the
villagers and the involvement of experienced social activists; Phase II is the
involvement of non-aggrieved young protestors who process post-materialistic
ideologies; Phase III is the involvement of young people with perceived
grievances towards upward mobility, and the outbreak of physical confrontations.
Each phase paved way for the development of another. I concluded that
successful frame alignment is the key to massive mobilisation of non-aggrieved protestors. Also, protestors with stronger perceived grievances in upward
mobility tended to adopt confrontational approach and take escalated physical
actions during the protests, led to series of physical confrontations in the later
stage of the movement.
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