Contents:
Preface
1. Human Rights in Asia: Institutions, Norms and Politics
Thomas W.D. Davis
2. Muslim Debates on Human Rights and Freedom of Religion
Abdullah Saeed
3. International Networks and Human Rights in Indonesia
Michele Ford
4. Human Rights Discourse in Post-Marcos Philippines
Raul C. Pangalangan
5. Political Accountability and Human Rights in Singapore
Garry Rodan
6. Contesting Human Rights in Malaysia
Anthony Milner
7. Ambivalent About Human Rights: Thai Democracy
Michael K. Connors
8. The Challenge for Human Rights in Cambodia
Sorpong Peou
9. Human Rights Coalitions in Myanmar
Andrew McGregor
10. The Politics of Human Rights in India
Ranabir Samaddar
11. China’s Human Rights in ‘the Asian Century’
Ann Kent
12. Human Rights in Asia: Comparative Reflections
Brian Galligan
Index
Edited by Thomas W.D. Davis and the late Brian Galligan, University of Melbourne, Australia
This timely collection tracks legal, cultural, political and
institutional developments concerning human rights and Asia over
the last decade, and, crucially, helps to move the Asia/human
rights discourse beyond the Asian 'values' debate. Covering both
country-specific and thematic analyses, it will be a key addition
to the library of all who are interested in the promotion and
protection of human rights.’
Asia - in all its robust variety - is a hotbed of human rights
controversy and conflict. It also harbours great potential and
promise to improve the standards of human rights enjoyed by its
peoples. This tremendously readable and insightful collection of
essays shirks neither perspective, employing an impressive array of
political, economic, cultural and legal arguments as to how to
exploit the good and counteract the bad.’
*David Kinley, University of Sydney, Australia*
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