The Social Movements in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau from the Perspectives of the Constitutional Law and Sovereignty

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  • コメント 憲法と主権からみた台湾・香港・マカオの社会運動
  • 憲法と主権からみた台湾・香港・マカオの社会運動
  • ケンポウ ト シュケン カラ ミタ タイワン ・ ホンコン ・ マカオ ノ シャカイ ウンドウ

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<p>In this paper, I confirmed the meaning of the social movements in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau from the perspectives and by the methods of the Constitutional Studies. </p><p>First, the concept of “sovereignty” has various meanings. Usually, sovereignty is used as (1) absoluteness of the state power, (2) ultimate decision-making authority of national policies, and (3) the ruling power of the state. While the external part of sovereignty, the absoluteness of the state, was focused in “Sunflower Movement” (Taiwan), the internal part of sovereignty, the ultimate decision-making power, was focused in “Umbrella Movement” (Hong Kong). However, in the “anti-hefty retirement benefits for high-rank government officials’ movement” (Macau) did not involve sovereignty issues in the first place. </p><p>Second, Bruce Ackerman proposed the “Dualist Democracy” theory, and distinguished the political processes between “Normal Politics” and “Constitutional Politics”. Because of the Cold War in East Asia and the “rising China” as super power, Taiwan and Hong Kong are still carrying on their “Constitutional Politics”. </p><p>Third, it is said that the “narrative” of the constitution is important in order to confirm and inherit the identity of the nation and the ethnic groups. None of “Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”, “Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region”, and “The Constitution of the Republic of China” carries a functional narrative in this regard. </p>

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  • Asian Studies

    Asian Studies 63 (1), 104-111, 2017

    Japan Association for Asian Studies

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