The subaltern public sphere of Hong Kong youth.

Ho Man-sze.Thesis submitted in: December 2004.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (leaves [83]-[86]).Abstracts in English and Chinese.List of TablesChapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Political versus Apolitical Youth --- p.1Colonial Background of HK --- p.3Political Aspirations of HK Youth --- p.4Youth Studies in Political Participation --- p.7Research Questions --- p.8Significance of the Study --- p.10Outline of the Thesis --- p.14Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.16Habermasian Public Sphere --- p.16Basic Principles of Public Sphere by Jurgen Habermas --- p.17The Potential Public Sphere for HK Youth --- p.19The Subaltern Public Sphere of HK Youth --- p.25Chapter Chapter 3 --- Research Methodology --- p.33Questionnaire Survey: HK Youth Values 2002 --- p.33The Political Attitude of HK Youth --- p.34In-depth Interviews --- p.37Chapter Chapter 4 --- Data Analyses --- p.41Existence of Political Discussions --- p.41A Subaltern Public Sphere of HK Youth? --- p.50Chapter Chapter 5 --- Discussions and Conclusions --- p.73Social and Political Discussions Found --- p.73The Possible Arena of Subaltern Public Sphere --- p.74Domination within a Subaltern Public Sphere --- p.75Co-existence of Dominant and Subaltern Public Sphere --- p.76Interactions with the Wider Publics --- p.77Contributing the Democratic Development of HK --- p.78"Broadening the Definition of ""Subaltern""" --- p.79Summary --- p.8