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Human Rights in Asia: A Reassessment of the Asian Values Debate

✍ Scribed by Leena Avonius, Damien Kingsbury (eds.)

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Leaves
256
Category
Library
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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-17
Universalism and Exceptionalism in “Asia”....Pages 19-39
Asia Values? Why Not, But How?....Pages 41-61
Human Rights from the Left: The Early Chinese Democracy Movement....Pages 63-82
Chinese Values and Human Rights....Pages 83-97
From Marsinah to Munir: Grounding Human Rights in Indonesia....Pages 99-119
From “Asian Values” to Singapore Exceptionalism....Pages 121-140
Human Rights in Thailand: Rhetoric or Substance on “Asian Values”....Pages 141-158
“Asian Values,” Gender, and Culture-Specific Development....Pages 159-181
The Nation-State and Its Violence: Debates in Post-Cold War Japan....Pages 183-201
Walking the Line between the “War on Terror” and the Defense of Human Rights....Pages 203-224
Back Matter....Pages 225-254

✦ Subjects

International Relations; Asian Politics; Asian Culture; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights; Human Rights

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