East Meets West Human Rights and Democracy in East Asia.
Material type: TextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [(c)2001.]Description: 1 online resource (382 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781400823550
- 1400823552
- JC599.18B45 2000
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Online Book | G. Allen Fleece Library Online | Non-fiction | JC599.18B45 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available | ocn700688439 |
Includes bibliographies and index.
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents.
Is liberal democracy a universal ideal? Proponents of "Asian values" argue that it is a distinctive product of the Western experience and that Western powers shouldn't try to push human rights and democracy onto Asian states. Liberal democrats in the West typically counter by questioning the motives of Asian critics, arguing that Asian leaders are merely trying to rationalize human-rights violations and authoritarian rule. In this book--written as a dialogue between an American democrat named Demo and three East Asian critics--Daniel A. Bell attempts to chart a middle ground between the extrem.
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