Ortmann, Stephan. <br/><br/>
Politics and change in Singapore and Hong Kong :  containing contention / 
Stephan Ortmann. 
 - London :  Routledge,  2010. 
 - xvi, 228 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Routledge contemporary Asia series ;  21 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction and methodology : containing contention in Hong Kong and Singapore -- Modernization and the political process model -- Depoliticization and the rise of social protest in Hong Kong during the 1970s -- Expanding political opportunities and limiting institutional structures in Singapore -- Ruling elite groups in Hong Kong during the 1970s : positive non-interventionism and the rise of contention -- Ruling elite groups in Singapore : strength through cohesion -- Oppositional groups in Hong Kong : the right to protest -- Oppositional groups in Singapore : contention denied -- Comparing ruling elite strategies in Hong Kong and Singapore : implications for the future. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415552912 (hbk.)  RM444.96 0415552915 (hbk.) 9780203867693 (e-book) 0203867696 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Protest movements--Singapore.<br/>Opposition (Political science)--Singapore.<br/>Protest movements--Hong Kong.<br/>Opposition (Political science)--Hong Kong,
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Singapore--Politics and government--1965-1990.<br/>Singapore--Politics and government--1990-<br/>Hong Kong (China)--Politics and government.