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- catalog abstract ""This book makes a major contribution to the theory and practice of human rights, engaging in particular with the 'Asian values' debates of the 1990s. It is especially concerned with the tension between a universal regime of human rights and its ability to accommodate diversity. Incorporating original fieldwork from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, the book also draws out the significance of Southeast Asian developments for the international human rights discourse. The book advances beyond the stalemate that the 'Asian values' debate has reached, developing an intermediary stance between the competing claims of universalism and relativism. Drawing on the work of Cass Sunstein and Chantal Mouffe, the theoretical contribution of the book will ensure its relevance to readers with a general interest in human rights. This book is likely to become a definitive account of contemporary political discussions of human rights in Southeast Asia and an important contribution to the development of human rights theory."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12290081.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""This book makes a major contribution to the theory and practice of human rights, engaging in particular with the 'Asian values' debates of the 1990s. It is especially concerned with the tension between a universal regime of human rights and its ability to accommodate diversity. Incorporating original fieldwork from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, the book also draws out the significance of Southeast Asian developments for the international human rights discourse. The book advances beyond the stalemate that the 'Asian values' debate has reached, developing an intermediary stance between the competing claims of universalism and relativism.".
- catalog description "1. The Asian Values Discourse -- 2. The Real Asian Values Debate -- 3. Human Rights: Political Reality, Philosophical Problem -- 4. Human Rights as Incompletely Theorised Agreement -- 5. The Return of Politics and Human Rights.".
- catalog description "Drawing on the work of Cass Sunstein and Chantal Mouffe, the theoretical contribution of the book will ensure its relevance to readers with a general interest in human rights. This book is likely to become a definitive account of contemporary political discussions of human rights in Southeast Asia and an important contribution to the development of human rights theory."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-209) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 214 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521003474 (pb.)".
- catalog identifier "0521807859".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge Asia-Pacific studies".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Southeast Asia.".
- catalog subject "323/.0959 21".
- catalog subject "Human rights Southeast Asia.".
- catalog subject "JC599.A78 L36 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Asian Values Discourse -- 2. The Real Asian Values Debate -- 3. Human Rights: Political Reality, Philosophical Problem -- 4. Human Rights as Incompletely Theorised Agreement -- 5. The Return of Politics and Human Rights.".
- catalog title "The politics of justice and human rights : Southeast Asia and universalist theory / Anthony J. Langlois.".
- catalog type "text".