The Politics of Human Rights in East Asia - Softcover

Christie, Kenneth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745314147 ISBN 13: 9780745314143

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2001

Synopsis

Refugees fleeing East Timor. Tiananmen Square in China. The killing fields in Cambodia. Freedom of speech in Singapore. The subject of human rights in Asia is a hotly debated one. In The Politics of Human Rights in East Asia, the authors survey the human rights records and attitudes of each country. The countries covered are: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. Kenneth Christie covers Southeast Asia and Denny Roy covers Northeast Asia. They conclude with a discussion of the Association of East Asian Nation's (ASEAN) role and suggestions for the future. Throughout, they examine the competing meaning of human rights in the Western versus the non-Western context and place the role of human rights within the framework of each country's history and political and economic development.

About this title

About the Author:

Kenneth Christie is a Professor at the University of Bergen in Norway.

Review:

"Christie and Roy take on the monumental task of examining the state of human rights in 12 countries of southeast and northeast Asia. The result is an introduction to human rights issues in Asia appropriate for general readers and lower-level undergraduates." -- CHOICE

About this edition

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0745314147
• ISBN 13: 9780745314143
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320