The East Asian challenge for human rights / edited by Joanne R. Bauer, Daniel A. Bell.
The East Asian challenge for human rights / edited by Joanne R. Bauer, Daniel A. Bell.
The East Asian challenge for human rights / edited by Joanne R. Bauer, Daniel A. Bell.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N323.095/5
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English
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xiii, 394 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Joanne R. Bauer and Daniel A. Bell -- Pt. I. Critical Perspectives on the "Asian Values" Debate. Ch. 1. Liberal Democracy and Asian Orientalism / Inoue Tatsuo. Ch. 2. Human Rights and Asian Values: A Defense of "Western" Universalism / Jack Donnelly. Ch. 3. Human Rights and Economic A...
Ch. 9. A Confucian Perspective on Human Rights for Contemporary China / Joseph Chan -- Pt. IV. Economic Development and Human Rights. Ch. 10. Rights, Social Justice, and Globalization in East Asia / Yash Ghai. Ch. 11. Economic Development, Legal Reform, and Rights in Singapore and Taiwan / Kevin Y....
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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England
Date Published
1999.
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"The "Asian values" argument within the international human rights debate holds that not all Asian states can be or should be expected to protect human rights to the same degree due to varying levels of economic, political, and legal development and to differing cultural views on the virtues and necessity of freedom. This position of "cultural rela...
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The East Asian challenge for human rights / edited by Joanne R. Bauer, Daniel A. Bell.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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0521645360(pbk.) :
9780521642309 (hb)
0521642302 (hb)
9780521645362 (pbk.)
0521645360 (pbk.)
9780521642309(cased) :
0521642302(cased) :
9780521645362(pbk.) :
9780521645362 (pb)
0521645360 (pb)
9780521642309 (hbk.)
0521642302 (hbk.)
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323.095
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991007273519702626
