Human Rights in Asia
By: edited by Thomas W. D. Davis, Brian Galligan
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781848446809
Subjects: Human rights; Civil rights
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Human rights in Asia : institutions, norms and politics; title: 2. Muslim debates on human rights and freedom of religion; title: 3. International networks and human rights in Indonesia; title: 4. Human rights discourse in post-Marcos Philippines; title: 5. Political accountability and human rights in Singapore; title: 6. Contesting human rights in Malaysia; title: 7. Ambivalent about human rights : Thai democracy; title: 8. The challenge for human rights in Cambodia; title: 9. Human rights coalitions in Myanmar; title: 10. The politics of human rights in India; title: 11. China's human rights in 'the Asian century'; title: 12. Human rights in Asia : comparative reflections.