TY - JOUR
T1 - Collective action as narrativity and praxis
T2 - Theory and application to Hong Kong’s urban protest movements
AU - Lejano, Raul
AU - Chui, Ernest
AU - Lam, Timothy
AU - Wong, Jovial
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research was partially supported by a Small Grant for New Staff from The University of Hong Kong.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, The Author(s).
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - Policy scholars need to better describe the diversity of actors and interests that forge collective political action through nonformal social networks. The authors find extant theories of collective action to only partially explain such heterogeneity, which is exemplified by the urban protest movements in Hong Kong. A new concept, that of the narrative-network, appears better able to describe movements chiefly characterized by heterogeneity. Instead of simple commonalities among members, a relevant property is the plurivocity of narratives told by members of the coalition. Analyzing ethnographic interviews of members of the movement, the authors illustrate the utility of narrative-network analysis in explaining the complex and multiple motivations behind participation. Narrativity and the shared act of narration, within an inclusive and democratic community, are part of what sustains the movement. The research further develops the theory of the narrative-network, which helps explain the rise of street protest in Hong Kong as an emergent, alternative form of civic engagement.
AB - Policy scholars need to better describe the diversity of actors and interests that forge collective political action through nonformal social networks. The authors find extant theories of collective action to only partially explain such heterogeneity, which is exemplified by the urban protest movements in Hong Kong. A new concept, that of the narrative-network, appears better able to describe movements chiefly characterized by heterogeneity. Instead of simple commonalities among members, a relevant property is the plurivocity of narratives told by members of the coalition. Analyzing ethnographic interviews of members of the movement, the authors illustrate the utility of narrative-network analysis in explaining the complex and multiple motivations behind participation. Narrativity and the shared act of narration, within an inclusive and democratic community, are part of what sustains the movement. The research further develops the theory of the narrative-network, which helps explain the rise of street protest in Hong Kong as an emergent, alternative form of civic engagement.
KW - Advocacy coalition framework
KW - Hong Kong
KW - collective action
KW - narrative-network
KW - social movements
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U2 - 10.1177/0952076717699262
DO - 10.1177/0952076717699262
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85048866477
SN - 0952-0767
VL - 33
SP - 260
EP - 289
JO - Public Policy and Administration
JF - Public Policy and Administration
IS - 3
ER -