Abstract
In recent years, we have seen the rise of chaos in state-society relations all over the world. Catalonia crisis of Spain government is a latest controversial case. The longstanding wrestling between the British government and Northern Ireland can even be viewed as a model case for academic debate. State-society relations refer to the dynamics between state institutions and societal groups. The negotiation of a balance between obligations and rights among different stakeholders have long been reviewed as an essence of the development of state-society relations. While socio-political cohesion has been viewed as a key area of state-society relations to avoid chaos, young people view it in a different way. Two groups of undergraduates were interviewed in Hong Kong and Potsdam respectively. The interview questioned how do undergraduates narrate the state-society relation in the current rapid changing socio-political environment. This study would like to rely on insider perspective to view the notion of state-society relations. In the near future, youngsters will become the key players of our society. This study would like to make further analysis of state-society relations from a bottom-up approach. The preliminary findings show that the notion of the crux of the problem is about identity. By the findings from in-depth interviews, the present project can be viewed as a pilot study to inquiry the possible way-outs of the current worldwide uncertainties of state-society relations.
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D.W.L. HoLecturer, Faculty of Management, Hospitality and General Education, School of General Education and Languages, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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China, Hong Kong, Identity, State-society, Undergraduates
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