Human Rights and Asian Values
Human Rights and Asian Values

Author: Ole Bruun

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1135796270

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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.

Human Rights Constitutionalism in Japan and Asia
Human Rights Constitutionalism in Japan and Asia

Author: Lawrence W. Beer

Publisher: Global Oriental

Published: 2009-05-01

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9004213031

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Less noticed in the West than wars, terrorism and economic trends has been the historic development since World War II of constitutional government and law in Asia. Lawrence W. Beer has been a close observer of Asian linkages among law, politics, culture, and national security issues for over fifty years. His perspectives have been refined during long residence in Asia, especially Japan, by substantial friendly interactions with Asian legal scholars, judges and attorneys involved in the world of human rights constitutional law. This volume, which will be widely welcomed by students and researchers, brings together a selection of Beer’s many works previously published in diverse venue, but no longer easily accessible. The collection opens with a review of constitutionalism in Asia and the United States and concludes with a recent examination of Japan’s rejection of war: ‘Japan’s Constitutional Discourse and Performance’. By way of Afterword, the author offers an in-depth review of ‘Globalization of Human Rights in the 21st Century’.

Asian Perspectives On Human Rights
Asian Perspectives On Human Rights

Author: Claude Welch

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-11-28

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0429710321

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Analyzes Asian perspectives on human rights in terms of cultural traditions, grassroots and regional organizations, and economic constraints on the expression of rights. The book asks: are human rights western in their inception, are they universal or do they differ by region and culture.

Pacific Regional Order
Pacific Regional Order

Author: Dave Peebles

Publisher: ANU E Press

Published: 2005-10-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1920942467

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New policies are needed if the Pacific is to realise its potential as a peaceful, prosperous region, where the Pacific's citizens enjoy good standards of health and education, long lives and many opportunities; where Pacific economic growth is constantly improving, driven by environmentally sustainable service industries; where coups, civil conflict and the dangers of failed states have been relegated to the past; where the Pacific is integrated into the wider region, and is an influential voice in world affairs. Argues that Pacific countries including Australia, need to embrace regional integration to realise this vision. The book sets out a comprehensive plan for realising a Pacific regional community dedicated to promoting sustainable development, security, human rights, the rule of law and democracy.