Some readings: Julia Strauss’ reading on political performances Julie Butler power of the non violence Renrec aesthetic of politics Tackle why there’s a
2million people protest which is not often happening in history from the structure and agency approach. Agency problem- 1. the official’s incapability. they
are civil servants and they aren’t trained to face angry people like politicians do. Bad performance (ie wrong choice of word, saying suspend the law but not
withdraw, the chief executive said she is a mother educating disobeying kids (the protestors), however the kids are more disobeying than she thought, the
chief executive has less repertoire (can discuss about what she got) ….) not fulfilling their actions and pleasing anyone no matter to the people or to the
Beijing government 2. The protestors framed their actions well, clear objectives (ie five demands) and slogans Hk structural problem- 1. Socio-economic
problems (lack of land supply, housing problem…) 2. Post modern problems (five demands, free and real election 我要真普选), ending one party politics in
china… not out of materialism (Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Yin Haiguang the meaning of life 殷海光 人生的意义) 3. Identity crisis, from british ruling to 1997
handover to later (hk is special administrative region of china, one country two systems, from self identifying as chinese to 2010s chinese tourists
overwhelmed hk and bad behaviour in hk, Chinese government’s actions, people started to question about their identity and developed something new These
new ideas are come from deprivation theory? The problems were always there, why they are widely recognized all of a sudden and there’s a protest? Does the
nature of government, a democratic society can nurture these ideology? (Institution factor) Literature review compare different theories ie rational choice
theory, institutional theory, structure and agency, collective action frame…Is the structure and agency problem a loop, agencies keep creating structural…