Academic Freedom in Hong Kong

Informationen zum Autor By Jan Currie; Carole J. Petersen and Ka Ho Mok Klappentext Jan Currie, Carole J. Petersen, and Ka Ho Mok draw upon interviews with academics and university administrators to examine two historical incidents that led to a strengthening of academic freedom in Hong Kong, as well as to legal and political ramifications that continue to reverberate. This book will interest scholars of East Asia and academics in universities around the world where freedom of expression is threatened in this time of heightened security. Zusammenfassung Explores the changes in the Hong Kong university system since 1997 when Hong Kong Universities were given to China. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Academic Freedom as a Concept Chapter 2 Legitimacy Crises in Hong Kong Chapter 3 Robert Chung Affair Chapter 4 Article 23 and Protests Chapter 5 Perception of Academic Freedom Chapter 6 Practice of Academic Freedom Chapter 7 Preserving Academic Freedom

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• Authors: Jan Currie, Jan/ Petersen Currie, Currie Jan, Ka Ho Mok, Ka-Ho Mok, Mok Ka Ho, Carole J Petersen, Carole J. Petersen, Petersen Carole J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2006
• EAN: 9780739110812
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1081-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Education, Hong Kong, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy