Human Rights and Asian Values
Human Rights and Asian Values

Author: Ole Bruun

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1135796262

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The Asian challenge to the universality of human rights has sparked off intense debate. This volume takes a clear stand for universal rights, both theoretically and empirically, by analysing social and political processes in a number of East and Southeast Asian countries. On the national arenas, Asian values are linked to the struggle between authoritarian and democratic forces, which both tend to convey stereotyped images of the 'west', but with reversed meanings.

The Politics of Justice and Human Rights
The Politics of Justice and Human Rights

Author: Anthony J. Langlois

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-10-15

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780521807852

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This book makes a major contribution to the theory and practice of human rights, engaging in particular with the "Asian values" debate. It is especially concerned with the tension between a universal regime of human rights and its ability to accommodate diversity. Incorporating original fieldwork from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, the book also draws out the significance of Southeast Asian developments for international human rights discourse. It is likely to become a definitive account of political discussions of human rights in Southeast Asia and an important contribution to the development of human rights theory.

Human Rights in Asia
Human Rights in Asia

Author: D. Kingsbury

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-09-29

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 023061549X

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This book offers a critical reassessment of the 'Asian values' debate, which dominated the human rights discourse in the late 1990s, and a reappraisal of the human rights situation in Asia since then. The chapters in this book contextualize the debate and examine in what ways the issues raised then continue to trouble Asian societies.

Human Rights in Asia
Human Rights in Asia

Author: Randall Peerenboom

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-09-27

Total Pages: 649

ISBN-13: 1134238800

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Human Rights in Asia considers how human rights are viewed and implemented in Asia. It covers not just civil and political rights, but also social, economic and cultural rights. This study discusses the problems arising from the fact that ideas of human rights have evolved in Western liberal democracies and examines how far such values are compatible with Asian values and applicable in Asian contexts. Core chapters on France and the USA provide a benchmark on how human rights have emerged and how they are applied and implemented in a civil law and a common law jurisdiction. These are then followed by twelve chapters on the major countries of East Asia plus India, each of which follows a common template to consider the context of the legal system in each country, black letter law, legal discussions and debates and key current issues concerning human rights in each jurisdiction.

The East Asian Challenge for Human Rights
The East Asian Challenge for Human Rights

Author: Joanne R. Bauer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-02-13

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780521645362

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This book identifies the more persuasive contributions by East Asian intellectuals to the international human rights debate.

Cultural Politics and Asian Values
Cultural Politics and Asian Values

Author: Michael D. Barr

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1136001662

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Cultural Politics and Asian Values looks at the political, cultural and religious background of East and Southeast Asian societies and those of 'the West', with a view to seeing how they are affecting contemporary national and international politics: democratization, the international human rights discourse, NGOs and globalization. The book surveys the political history and pre-history of the 'Asian values' debate, taking it up to the era of Megawati Sukarnoputri, Chen Shui-bian and Kim Dae-jung. In chapters on Confucianism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and liberalism, Barr explores the histories and conceptual essences of the world religions involved in or affected by the debate.

Asian Values
Asian Values

Author: Josiane Cauquelin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-14

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1136841253

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This book opens with an examination of values themselves, grappling with western assertions of individual human rights and the eastern emphasis on duties, and analysing selected Asian philosophical and religious traditions. Several case studies follow, on countries the Philippines, Japan, China, Malaysia and Thailand. The purpose of the book is to help westerners in particular to understand and appreciate better the changes taking place in Asia, to handle relations more sensitively, and thereby to help bring Europe and Asia together.

Politics of Human Rights in Southeast Asia
Politics of Human Rights in Southeast Asia

Author: Philip J. Eldridge

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1134611412

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The divide between the West and Southeast Asia seems to be nowhere more apparent than in debates about human rights. Within these diverse geographical, political and cultural climates, human rights seem to have become relative, and the quest for absolutes seems unattainable. In this new book Philip J Eldridge seeks to question this stalemate. He argues that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' inclusion in United Nations' human rights treaties could be the common ground that bridges the gap between East and West. Eldridge uses topical case studies and primary research from Malaysia, Indonesia, East Timor and Australia, to compare the effectiveness of United Nations' human rights directives on local democracies. This study presents insightful research into a hotly debated topic. As such it will be a thought-provoking resource for students of human rights, politics and international relations.