Contesting Education and Identity in Hong Kong

Name: Contesting Education and Identity in Hong Kong
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Contesting Education and Identity in Hong KongAuthor(s): Liz Jackson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367672836, 978-0367672836\nSynopsis\nThis text examines the intersection of youth civic engagement, identity, and protest in Hong Kong, through the lens of education. It explores how education and identity have been protested in Hong Kong, historically and today, and the mark that such contestations have left on education. Many people, particularly outside Hong Kong, were astonished by youth participation in the Umbrella Movement of [tel], and the anti-extradition law protests in 2019. These protests have caused people to consider what has changed in Hong Kong over time, and what education has to do with youth civic engagement and political expression. \n\nThis book provides an academic, theoretically oriented perspective on the intersection of youth identity and education in Hong Kong. Coming from an educational.