Hui Chark-shum. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-163). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.3 / Introduction --- p.5 / Chapter 1. --- Literature Review and Theoretical Orientation --- p.8 / Chapter 1.1 --- key concepts --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2 --- state and social action --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3 --- the consensus and conflictual models --- p.15 / Chapter 1.4 --- the refined framework --- p.27 / Chapter 2. --- Research Problem and Empirical Framework --- p.35 / Chapter 2.1 --- research method --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2 --- Hong Kong history: viewing from the top --- p.39 / Chapter 2.3 --- Hong Kong history: viewing from bottom --- p.45 / Chapter 2.4 --- crime trend in Hong Kong --- p.50 / Chapter 2.5 --- official description of social unrest: a quick look --- p.61 / Chapter 2.6 --- comparing three modes of criminalisation --- p.74 / Chapter 3. --- Evolution of the Institutional Framework --- p.78 / Chapter 3.1 --- the deport-mode --- p.80 / Chapter 3.2 --- the societies-mode --- p.93 / Chapter 3.3 --- the disorder-mode --- p.100 / Chapter 3.4 --- comparing the three: the locus of change --- p.106 / Chapter 4. --- Civil Strifes and the State Responses --- p.116 / Chapter 4.1 --- incidents under undifferentiated phases --- p.118 / Chapter 4.2 --- incidents under deport-mode and societies-mode --- p.123 / Chapter 4.3 --- incidents under societies-mode --- p.128 / Chapter 4.4 --- incidents under disorder-mode --- p.133 / Chapter 4.5 --- concluding remark --- p.139 / Chapter 5. --- Conclusion / Appendix: Civil strifes in HK 1948-1980 --- p.153 / Bibliography --- p.157