LEADER 03977nam 22006854a 450 001 9910777328003321 005 20230422043122.0 010 $a1-4008-1512-6 010 $a1-4008-1099-X 010 $a1-282-75398-3 010 $a9786612753985 010 $a1-4008-2355-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823550 035 $a(CKB)1000000000002328 035 $a(EBL)581563 035 $a(OCoLC)700688439 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000278896 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11211534 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278896 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10259190 035 $a(PQKB)11210328 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581563 035 $a(OCoLC)51579738 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36126 035 $a(DE-B1597)446264 035 $a(OCoLC)979577853 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823550 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581563 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10031955 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275398 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000002328 100 $a19990917d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEast meets West$b[electronic resource] $ehuman rights and democracy in East Asia /$fDaniel A. Bell 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (382 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-00507-9 311 0 $a0-691-00508-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 337-352) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPART I. THE EAST ASIAN CHALLENGE TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: REFLECTIONS ON EAST-WEST DIALOGUES --$tPART II. THE PROS AND CONS OF DEMOCRACY IN SINGAPORE: A FICTITIOUS DIALOGUE WITH LEE KUAN YEW --$tPART III. DEMOCRACY WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS --$tSelect Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIs 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 extremes of the international debate on human rights and democracy. Bell criticizes the use of "Asian values" to justify oppression, but also draws on East Asian cultural traditions and contributions by contemporary intellectuals in East Asia to identify some powerful challenges to Western-style liberal democracy. In the first part of the book, Bell makes use of colorful stories and examples to show that there is a need to take into account East Asian perspectives on human rights and democracy. The second part--a fictitious dialogue between Demo and Asian senior statesman Lee Kuan Yew--examines the pros and cons of implementing Western-style democracy in Singapore. The third part of the book is an argument for an as-yet-unrealized Confucian political institution that justifiably differs from Western-style liberal democracy. This is a thought-provoking defense of distinctively East Asian challenges to Western-style liberal democracy that will stimulate interest and debate among students of political theory, Asian studies, and international human rights. 606 $aHuman rights$zEast Asia 606 $aDemocracy$zEast Asia 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.95 700 $aBell$b Daniel$g(Daniel A.)$0254377 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777328003321 996 $aEast meets west$91283320 997 $aUNINA