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

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 Cambridge (England) ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 ℗♭ 1999

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Description xiii, 394 pages ; 24 cm Contents Introduction: Joanne R. Bauer and Daniel A. Bell -- Part I Critical perspectives on the ́Asian valueś debate -- Liberal democracy and Asian orientalism -- Human rights and Asian values: A defense of ́westerń universalism -- Human rights and economic achievements -- Part II Toward a more inclusive human rights regime -- Towards an intercivilizational approach to human rights -- Conditions of an unforced consensus on human rights -- Part III Culture and human rights -- The cultural mediation of human rights: The Al-Arqam case of Malaysia -- Grounding human rights arguments in non-western culture in a modern Islamic state -- Looking to Buddhism to turn back prostitution in Thailand -- A Confucian perspective on human rights for contemporary China -- Part IV Economic development and human rights -- Rights, social justice, and globalization in East Asia -- Economic development, legal reform, and rights in Singapore and Taiwan -- Human rights issues in Chinás internal migration: Insights from comparisons with Germany and Japan -- The anti-nuclear power movement in Taiwan: Claiming the right to a clean environment -- The applicability of the international legal concept of ́indigenous peopleś in Asia Summary 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 relativism, " often used by authoritarian governments in Asia to counter charges of human rights violations, has been dismissed by many Western and Asian human rights advocates as a weak excuse. The East Asian Challenge for Human Rights moves beyond the politicized rhetoric that has dogged this debate to identify the more persuasive contributions by East Asian intellectuals to the evolving international debate on human rights. The editors of this book argue that critical intellectuals in East Asia have begun to chart a middle ground between the extreme, uncompromising ends of this argument"-- Publisher website Analysis Asia, East Asia, Southeast Cross cultural studies Cultural values Economic development Economic development - Political aspects - Asia Human rights Human rights - Asia, Southeastern Human rights - East Asia International comparisons Migrant labour Overseas item Political culture - Asia Prostitution Religions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Economic development -- Political aspects -- Southeast Asia. Economic development -- Political aspects -- East Asia. Human rights -- East Asia. Human rights -- Southeast Asia. Human rights -- Southeast Asia. Political culture -- East Asia. Political culture -- Southeast Asia. Values -- Asia. SUBJECT Far East -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011005273 Asia, Southeastern -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007764 Author Bauer, Joanne R., 1962- editor Bell, Daniel (Daniel A.), 1964- editor LC no. 98011653 ISBN 0521642302 (hb) 0521645360 (paperback)

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