A 'Leader-full' Movement Under Authoritarianism: Mobilization Networks in Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Movement

Analysing Hong Kong’s 2019–2020 anti-extradition movement, this chapter suggests that despite the state’s attempts to disenfranchise it by capturing visible leaders, the movement evolved to be ‘leader-full’, or full of leaders. Traditional social movement organizations and pro-democracy lawmakers co...

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Main Author: Lai, Eric
Other Authors: Spires, Anthony J., Ogawa, Akihiro
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2022
Subjects:
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
JQ Political institutions (Asia
Africa
Australia)
KL Asia and Eurasia
Pacific Area
and Antarctica
Pacific
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/37428/
https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/37428/7/LAI_chapter_ASAO_beforeCopyediting.pdf
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003256809-3/leader-full-movement-authoritarianism-yan-ho-lai
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Summary:Analysing Hong Kong’s 2019–2020 anti-extradition movement, this chapter suggests that despite the state’s attempts to disenfranchise it by capturing visible leaders, the movement evolved to be ‘leader-full’, or full of leaders. Traditional social movement organizations and pro-democracy lawmakers continued to mobilize resources but were no longer positioned as leaders. Local communities and individuals formed different mobilization networks to expand the movement’s scope and scale. Expressive protest actions and movement networks formed via social media made the anti-extradition movement more resilient in the face of state repression.

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