TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bauer,Joanne R.
AU  - Bell,Daniel
TI  - East Asian challenge for human rights
SN  - 0521645360
AV  - JC599  .E37 1999
PY  - 1999///
CY  - [Cambridge], [New York]
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Human rights
KW  - East Asia
KW  - Southeast Asia
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "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."--BOOK JACKET
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