Human Rights in Asia

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ISBN	9781848446809 (hbk.)
Call Number	KM572 H918 2011
Title	Human Rights in Asia / edited by Thomas W. D. Davis and Brian Galligan
Imprint	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, c2011.
Physical	xiii, 238 p. ; 25 cm.
Note	Human rights in Asia : institutions, norms and politics --Muslim debates on human rights and freedom ofreligion --International networks and human rights in Indonesia --Human rights discourse in post - Marcos Philippines --Political accountability and human rights in Singapore --Contesting human rights in Malaysia --Ambivalent about human rights : Thai democracy --The challenge for human rights in Cambodia --Human rights coalitions in Myanmar --The politics of human rights in India --China's human rights in 'the Asian century' --Human rights in Asia: comparative reflections
Note	"This book presents the work of a dozen scholars from Asia and Australia 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
Subject	Human rights--Asia
Subject	Civil rights--Asia
Coorperative Author	Davis, Thomas W.D.
Coorperative Author	Galligan, Brian,1945-
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