Rights and Urban Controversies in Hong Kong

Betty Yung is Visiting Fellow in the Department of Public and International Affairs at City University of Hong Kong. Her research interests are Normative Dimensions of Public Policy through Applications of Philosophy to Public Policy,  Housing Policy and Social Policy, Urban Studies and Housing Studies as well as Hong Kong Studies..  She published a book related to “justice in Hong Kong housing policy” (Hong Kong University Press) and co-edited a book on “ethical dilemmas in public policy” (Springer) and another book on “land and housing controversies in Hong Kong” (Springer). Francis K. T. Mok is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Education University of Hong Kong. His academic interests lie mainly in applied ethics, with special focus on ethical issues related to admission of immigrants and care workers. His publications include a book monograph on the moral responsibility of civilian participants in the CulturalRevolution of China (published by Routledge) and two book chapters, one on the admission of Mainlanders to Hong Kong and another on environmental justice (both published by Springer).   Baldwin Wong is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University. He holds a PhD in Government from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His academic interests lie mainly in public justification and Confucianism. His works were published (and forthcoming) in American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Applied Philosophy, Journal of Social Philosophy, Philosophia, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Social Theory and Practice, and Res Publica.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Values and Limitations of the Rights Approach to Urban Controversies.- Part I: Conflict of Rights in Urban Issues.- Chapter 3: Sub-Divided Units: Property Rights and Market versus Right to Housing.- Chapter 4: The Rights of Hong Kong’s Indigenous Inhabitants: A Comparative Perspective.- Chapter 5: Should Heritage Preservation Trump Protection of Private Property Right?.- Chapter 6: Conceptions of Toleration and Right to Public Space.- Chapter 7: Familial Strangers—Controversies in Migrant Rights in Hong Kong.- Part II: Rights, Interest and Well-being of Human and Non-human Entities.- Chapter 8: When Doing a Rights Talk Isn’t Doing the Right Thing: Defining the Urban Space for Stray Dogs and Cats.- Chapter 9: An Examination of the Multiple Approaches by Which the Rights and Worth of Urban Trees May Be Defended: The Case of Stonewall Trees in Hong Kong.- Chapter 10: Reconciling Human Development with Nature’s Rights: The Role of Urban Public Park in the Age of Neo-Liberalism.- Chapter 11: Pursuing Unity or Creating Disunity? An East-West Complementary Approach to Urban Controversies Related to the Right to Environment.- Chapter 12: Conclusion.