The Discourse of Human Rights in China
Subtitle: Historical and Ideological Perspectives
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780312222819
Subjects: Government - Comparative; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Political Science / Civil Rights; Political Science-Government - Comparative; Political Science-Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Political And Civil Rights; Political Doctrines; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; China; Human rights; Ideology; History: World; Politics/International Relations
Description: "There can be few countries in the world that have faced more intense external criticism of their human rights record than the People's Republic of China. In seeking to defend itself, the Chinese government has accused the West of imposing a distinctly liberal criterion of human rights on a country with a markedly different conception of the subject which is grounded in its own historical, cultural and philosophical background.

This book explores the validity of such claims, paying particular attention to the state ideologies of Confucianism, Republicanism and Marxism."--BOOK JACKET.