TY  - GEN
T1  - East meets West : human rights and democracy in East Asia
A1  - Bell, Daniel (Daniel A.)
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm51579738
AB  - 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 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
OP  - 369
CN  - JC599.E18 B45 2000eb
SN  - 140081099X
SN  - 9781400810994
SN  - 9781400823550
SN  - 1400823552
SN  - 9780691005072
SN  - 0691005079
SN  - 1282753983
SN  - 9781282753983
SN  - 9780691005089
SN  - 0691005087
KW  - Human rights : East Asia.
KW  - Democracy : East Asia.
KW  - Droits de l'homme (Droit international) : Extrême-Orient.
KW  - Démocratie : Extrême-Orient.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Process : General.
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Human rights
KW  - East Asia
KW  - Samfundsvidenskab : Politologi.
KW  - History : Methodology.
ER  -