Human Rights in Asia / edited by Thomas W. D. Davis, Brian Galligan.
2011
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Title
Human Rights in Asia / edited by Thomas W. D. Davis, Brian Galligan.
Published
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
KM572 .H858 2011
Former Call Number
Comp 908.5 H885 2011
ISBN
9781848446809
1848446802
1848446802
Description
xiii, 238 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)613430790
Summary
"This book presents the work of a dozen scholars from Asia and Australasia and draws upon their knowledge of particular countries or aspects of the politics of rights that help in understanding rights in Asia. Most of the contributors participated in an international symposium held at the University of Melbourne in late 2009, with several who could not attend also contributing papers."-- P. xiii.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of contributors
vii
Preface
x
Acknowledgements
xiii
1.
Human rights in Asia: institutions, norms and politics / Thomas W.D. Davis
1
2.
Muslim debates on human rights and freedom of religion / Abdullah Saeed
25
3.
International networks and human rights in Indonesia / Michele Ford
38
4.
Human rights discourse in post-Marcos Philippines / Raul C. Pangalangan
56
5.
Political accountability and human rights in Singapore / Garry Rodan
70
6.
Contesting human rights in Malaysia / Anthony Milner
91
7.
Ambivalent about human rights: Thai democracy / Michael K. Connors
103
8.
The challenge for human rights in Cambodia / Sorpong Peou
123
9.
Human rights coalitions in Myanmar / Andrew McGregor
144
10.
The politics of human rights in India / Ranabir Samaddar
165
11.
China's human rights in `the Asian century' / Ann Kent
187
12.
Human rights in Asia: comparative reflections / Brian Galligan
212
Index
227