在最近十年间,香港特区政府积极推动旧街区的市区重建以及对城市版图和地方功能的大规模改造,由此引发一系列社区重建中产生的对社会、政治、文化和生态等议题的社会关注乃至公众参与,也极大地影响了香港公民社会以及基层参与式民主的发展态势,香港的公民社会也随着香港公民的积极参与而逐渐呈现。本文将集中讨论这类公民参与的演变以及对于香港公民社会的意义。
<<In recent decade,the Hong Kong government actively promote urban renewal of the old blocks and large-scale transformation of urban landscape and local features,triggered a series of social concern and public participation about the social,political,cultural and ecological issues from community reconstruction,which tremendously influenced the development in Hong Kong’s civil society and participatory democracy at the grass-roots level,Hong Kong’s civil society is also present gradually along with the active participation of Hong Kong citizens. This article will focus on the evolution of this kind of citizen participation,as well as the meaning of civil society in Hong Kong.
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