The Politics of Justice and Human Rights: Southeast Asia and Universalist Theory

ISBN-13: 9780521003476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 228 str.

Anthony J. Langlois; John Ravenhill; James Cotton

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'… a comprehensive and detailed study …'. Netherlands Institute of Human Rights

Spis treści

Part I: 1. Asian values, state elites and human rights; 2. Critical evaluation of the Asian values discourse; 3. The real Asian values debate; Part II: 4. Human rights: political reality, philosophical problem; 5. Human rights as incompletely theorised argument; 6. The return of politics and human rights; Conclusion.