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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792527903321

Autore

Close Paul

Titolo

Asia Pacific and human rights : a global political economy perspective / / Paul Close and David Askew

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-95683-3

1-315-26203-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages)

Collana

The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series

Altri autori (Persone)

AskewDavid

Disciplina

323/.095

Soggetti

Human rights - East Asia

Human rights - Southeast Asia

Human rights - Pacific Area

Human rights - International cooperation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2004 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Setting the scene -- 2. Power, politics and the idea of human rights -- 3. Asian ways -- 4. The Asia Pacific game of human rights -- 5. Asia Pacific realism and human rights -- 6. Asia Pacific regionalism and human rights -- 7. The meaning of human rights and the uncertainty of death -- 8. Political rights of non-nationals : the constitutional debate in Japan -- 9. Indigenous peoples of the Asia Pacific : a case study of the Ainu -- 10. Globalization, sovereignty, intemational law and human rights.