Asia Pacific and Human Rights - A Global Political Economy Perspective (Hardcover, New Ed)

Human rights are acquiring an increasingly prominent role on the world stage. Interest in, concern about and action on human rights are widespread and rising, albeit in a far from globally even, uniform and untroubled fashion. Human rights have generated a booming global industry while having become, not unconnectedly, highly controversial and deeply contested. Human rights matters have emerged as a major source of disagreement, dispute and discord at and between the local, regional and global levels of social, cultural, political and economic life. These developments are addressed in the book by an examination of the links between the evolving global human rights regime (GHRR) and the character and course of human rights in the world's most dynamic, complex and problematic region, that of the Asia Pacific. The authors argue that although the Asia Pacific and human rights nexus is influenced by cultural clashes, it is largely shaped by power distributions and struggles rooted in the global political economy (GPE). The prevailing GHRR reflects the way in which globalization processes have been Western led, but its future is far from certain given the current shift in the balance of GPE power towards the Asia Pacific, and especially East Asia.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Regionalisms Series
Release date:	December 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Paul Close • David Askew
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-3629-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN:	0-7546-3629-1
Barcode:	9780754636298

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