The Politics of Justice and Human Rights
Southeast Asia and Universalist Theory
Series: Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 15 October 2001
- ISBN 9780521003476
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages228 pages
- Size 229x152x13 mm
- Weight 340 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book, first published in 2001, makes a major contribution to human rights theory and practice.
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This book, first published in 2001, makes a major contribution to the theory and practice of human rights, engaging in particular with the 'Asian values' debates of the 1990s. 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. The book advances beyond the stalemate that the 'Asian values' debate has reached, developing an intermediary stance between the competing claims of universalism and relativism. Drawing on the work of Cass Sustein and Chantal Mouffe, the theoretical contribution of the book will ensure its interest to readers with an interest in human rights. This book is a definitive account of contemporary political discussions of human rights in Southeast Asia and an important contribution to the development of human rights.
'The Politics of Justice and Human Rights goes on to discuss questions which anyone thinking seriously about the place of human rights in contemporary political analysis and action needs to consider ... Langlois ... has produced a very valuable book on a topic that, since the end of the Cold War, has become central to international politics.' Asian Affairs
Table of Contents:
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.
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