Yick, Man Kin. / "August 2011." / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [193]-212). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; appendix includes Chinese. / Abstract in English --- p.iii / Abstract in Chinese --- p.v / Acknowledgement --- p.vii / Contents --- p.x / Abbreviations --- p.xiii / "Lists of Tables, figures and graph" --- p.xv / Chapter Section 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Purpose of the study --- p.4 / Chapter Section 2 --- Historical development of social welfare sector and YWCA --- p.5 / Conceptualizing NGOs --- p.5 / Early colonial period to WWII: Formation of charity organization under minimal welfare provision of the government --- p.7 / Post-WWII to 1960s: Government in need of SSOs for relief work and against communism --- p.9 / 1960s to 1990s: Expansion of social welfare and state incorporation of SSOs --- p.10 / From the 1990s: Towards a contractual relationship between SSOs and government in uncertain times --- p.12 / YWCA has followed the footsteps of social service sector --- p.16 / Chapter Section 3 --- Conceptualizing legitimacy repair --- p.18 / Why legitimacy? --- p.18 / Conceptualizing and defining legitimacy --- p.20 / Typology of legitimacy --- p.22 / Measurements of legitimacy --- p.25 / Legitimacy repair --- p.25 / Stakeholder and stakeholder politics --- p.28 / Chapter Section 4 --- Analytical framework --- p.32 / Determinants of degree of consistency of legitimacy repair strategies --- p.32 / Chapter Section 5 --- Methodology --- p.35 / A longitudinal single case study --- p.35 / A qualitative research --- p.36 / Why TO YWCA? --- p.36 / Research method --- p.37 / Field roles and field relations --- p.39 / Informant selection --- p.40 / A note on the role of media --- p.41 / Ethical issues in this study --- p.42 / Chapter Section 6 --- The setting: Tai 0 --- p.43 / The administrative-political setting --- p.48 / Local associations in Tai O --- p.51 / Chapter Section 7 --- Legitimacy challenge on YWCA during 1988 District Board election --- p.53 / Entry of YWCA --- p.53 / Struggle in 1988 District Board election --- p.63 / YWCA after the election: Formal complaint by TORC and its repair strategies --- p.73 / Chapter Section 8 --- The River Crab Saga from 2008 to 2010 --- p.75 / The two floodings in brief --- p.75 / What were TORC's challenges to YWCA? --- p.76 / Response of YWCA: Apology to TORC and adoption of a softer work strategy of community work --- p.85 / A turn to expression of regret under public scrutiny --- p.88 / The effect of the Saga on Tai O community: TO YWCA and pro-TOYWCA residents --- p.99 / The effect of the Saga on YWCA --- p.100 / Chapter Section 9 --- Discussion --- p.102 / Differences of the two disputes in terms of stakeholder identification and analysis --- p.102 / Explaining the difference of repair strategies of YWCA legitimacy between the two controversies --- p.114 / What factors could link up pro-Beijing and rural forces since the 1990s? --- p.136 / "Advantages of binding together: elections, mobilization, and interests" --- p.140 / Chapter Section 10 --- Conclusion --- p.157 / The case and argument revisited --- p.157 / Theoretical input --- p.163 / Significance of the study --- p.164 / Research limitations --- p.168 / Suggestions for further research --- p.169 / Chapter Appendix 1 --- Informant characteristics and selection process --- p.172 / Informant characteristics --- p.172 / Informant selection process --- p.177 / Chapter Appendix 2 --- Newspaper reports on 1988 DB election --- p.179 / Chapter Appendix 3 --- Chronology of the 2008 River Crab Saga --- p.180 / Chapter Appendix 4 --- Debates over disaster relief process in 2008 in detail --- p.183 / Chapter Appendix 5 --- Letter of complaint to LegCo Redress System --- p.189 / References --- p.193
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_327599 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Contributors | Yick, Man Kin., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Sociology. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xvi, 212 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China), 1997- |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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