The East Asian challenge for human rights / edited by Joanne R. Bauer, Daniel A. Bell.

Other author Bauer, Joanne R., 1962-
Other author Bell, Daniel (Daniel A.), 1964-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Descriptionxiii, 394 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Human rights--East Asia.
Human rights--Southeast Asia.
Political culture--East Asia.
Political culture--Southeast Asia.
Economic development--Political aspects. --East Asia.
Economic development--Political aspects. --Southeast Asia.

Contents Liberal democracy and Asian orientalism / Inoue Tatsuo -- Human rights and Asian values: a defense of "Western" universalism / Jack Donnelly -- Human rights and economic achievements / Amartya Sen -- Toward an intercivilizational approach to human rights / Onuma Yasuaki -- Conditions of an unforced consensus on human rights / Charles Taylor -- The cultural mediation of human rights: the Al-Arqam case in Malaysia / Abdullahi A. An-Na'im -- Grounding human rights arguments in non-Western culture: Shari'a and the citizenship rights of women in a modern Islamic state / Norani Othman --Looking to Buddhism to turn back prostitution in Thailand / Suwanna Satha-Anand -- A Confucian perspective on human rights for contemporary China / Joseph Chan -- Rights, social justice, and globalization in East Asia / Yash Ghai -- Economic development, legal reform, and rights in Singapore and taiwan / Kevin Y.L. Tan -- Human rights issues in China's internal migration: insights from comparisons with Germany and Japan / Dorothy J. Solinger -- The anti-nuclear power movement in Taiwan: claiming the right to a clean environment / Mab Huang -- The applicability of the international legal concept of "indigenous peoples" in Asia / Benedict Kingsbury.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98011653
ISBN0521642302 (hb)
ISBN0521645360 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks JC599.E18 E37 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold