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Author :Asian Coalition of Human Rights Organizations Publisher :Learning Resources International, Incorporated ISBN 13 : Total Pages :106 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (511 download)
Book Synopsis Human Rights Activism in Asia by : Asian Coalition of Human Rights Organizations
Download or read book Human Rights Activism in Asia written by Asian Coalition of Human Rights Organizations and published by Learning Resources International, Incorporated. This book was released on 1984 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approaches of activism in Asia.
Book Synopsis Critical Chatter by : Caroline Lambert
Download or read book Critical Chatter written by Caroline Lambert and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Chatter is the politicized conversation by which women activists in South East Asia negotiate the possibilities and pitfalls of human rights in their activism for social change. Based on conversations with women activists in Malaysia, the Phillippines, Hong Kong, Thailand and women from Burma living along the Thai Burma border, Lambert, Pickering, and Alder argue that critical chatter reflects the challenges of universality in human rights and feminism. But rather than outright reject, through critical chatter, women activists produce a form of strategic universality. This enables the women activists to tap into a universal framework of human rights while simultaneously acknowledging its failure to resonate among women in the community and its failure to recognize the experiences of women in the articulation of human rights standards. This book would be of interest to academics and activists interested in current challenges to social activism theory and practice, or in the potential application of a human rights framework to their work.
Book Synopsis Social Activism in Southeast Asia by : Michele Ford
Download or read book Social Activism in Southeast Asia written by Michele Ford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Activism in Southeast Asia examines the ways in which social movements operate in a region characterized by a history of authoritarian regimes and relatively weak civil society. It situates cutting-edge accounts of activism around civil and political rights, globalization, peace, the environment, migrant and factory labour, the rights of middle- and working-class women, and sexual identity in an overarching framework of analysis that forefronts the importance of human rights and the state as a focus for social activism. Drawing on contemporary evidence from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste, the book explores the ways in which social movement actors engage with their international allies, the community and the state in order to promote social change. As well as providing detailed and nuanced analyses of particular movements in specific areas of Southeast Asia, the book addresses difficult questions about the politics, strategies and authenticity of social movements.
Book Synopsis Human Rights in Asia by : Thomas W.D. Davis
Download or read book Human Rights in Asia written by Thomas W.D. Davis and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the increasing prominence of Asia also mark a new era for human rights in the region? This timely book uncovers the political drivers behind both recent regional and country-based changes to the recognition, promotion, and protection of rights. Human Rights in Asia focuses on the relationships between political regimes, institutions and cultures, and external actors, such as international organisations, NGOs, and business. The contributing authors provide important discussions on Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Phillipines. Thematic chapters then go on to frame these individually focused contributions, by examining the international pressure to 'normalise' rights regimes, and the relationship between Islam and rights in the region. Providing a unique combination of country-specific and thematic analysis, this book will be a fascinating and beneficial read for postgraduate and undergraduate students in human rights and international relations, as well as scholars in politics, human rights, international relations and government and NGO analysts.
Book Synopsis Human Rights in Asia by : D. Kingsbury
Download or read book Human Rights in Asia written by D. Kingsbury and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-09-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a critical reassessment of the 'Asian values' debate, which dominated the human rights discourse in the late 1990s, and a reappraisal of the human rights situation in Asia since then. The chapters in this book contextualize the debate and examine in what ways the issues raised then continue to trouble Asian societies.
Book Synopsis Debating Human Rights by : Peter Van Ness
Download or read book Debating Human Rights written by Peter Van Ness and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-07-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights debates can provoke strong reactions, particularly among people of different cultural backgrounds. The debate over Asian values and the use of human rights diplomacy are the most obvious manifestations of divisions between Asia and the West and reflect particular world views and historical legacies. In this new book, scholars from the United States and several Asian countries debate fundamental issues such as 'Asian values', 'peaceful evolution' and cultural imperialism. Provocative and challenging essays analyse the debate between East and West, presenting critical perspectives on globalization and human rights diplomacy. Debating Human Rights is an original contribution to a vital area of debate. It presents a uniquely wide diversity of perspectives on controversial issues and demonstrates how scholars and activists who view the world very differently can nonetheless move these debates forward in a search for common ground.
Book Synopsis Gender, Criminalization, Imprisonment and Human Rights in Southeast Asia by : Andrew M. Jefferson
Download or read book Gender, Criminalization, Imprisonment and Human Rights in Southeast Asia written by Andrew M. Jefferson and published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains two Open Access Chapters. This volume features contributions from activist scholars grappling to understand and alleviate the compound sufferings of women and LGBTIQA+ persons as they encounter criminal justice systems in Southeast Asia.
Book Synopsis Emerging Regional Human Rights Systems in Asia by : Tae-Ung Baik
Download or read book Emerging Regional Human Rights Systems in Asia written by Tae-Ung Baik and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the emerging human rights norms, regional institutions and enforcement mechanisms in Asia.
Book Synopsis The Prospects for a Regional Human Rights Mechanism in East Asia (RLE Modern East and South East Asia) by : Hidetoshi Hashimoto
Download or read book The Prospects for a Regional Human Rights Mechanism in East Asia (RLE Modern East and South East Asia) written by Hidetoshi Hashimoto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regional inter-governmental human rights organizations have been in operation for sometime in Europe, the Americas and Africa. These regional human rights mechanisms have proven to be useful and effective in comparison to the global human rights mechanisms available at the United Nations. The purpose of this study, first published in 2004, is to investigate the possibility of establishing a regional inter-governmental human rights mechanism in East Asia, with a focus on the contributions of nongovernmental organizations' (NGOs) to such a development.
Book Synopsis NGOs as Norm-constructors by : Dorottya Atol
Download or read book NGOs as Norm-constructors written by Dorottya Atol and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis focuses on the human rights activism of Asian NGOs, especially with regard to their regional operations and contribution to the human rights discourse within the Asian region. Despite being the world's most populous region, Asia is the only continent without a regional human rights mechanism, whereas Europe, the Americas, and Africa have their own human rights systems with established institutional and normative frameworks. Nevertheless, the subject of human rights has a growing appeal in the Asian context, and efforts are ongoing to establish a regional human rights instrument, which is partly due to the campaigning activities of NGOs. This thesis seeks to contribute to the analysis of the regional activism of NGOs, their involvement in norm construction and in the shaping of an Asian human rights system. Building on the general discussion of Asian human rights NGOs operating on the national level, I explore the construction, operations and impact of Asian human rights NGOs' regional activism. I employ theories of human rights regionalisation, norm construction, and transnational advocacy networking. Two case studies of regionally operating Asian human rights NGOs are used to support my argument about NGOs' constitutive role in the regionalisation of human rights in Asia. Although the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) pursue different regional advocacy strategies, they equally have effect on the regional development of human rights. Whereas the AHRC facilitates collective civil society initiatives to address regional human rights problems with the construction of normative frameworks, FORUM-ASIA seeks to influence the policies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the only Asian intergovernmental body that has so far shown commitment toward creating a human rights instrument. This thesis demonstrates that both NGOs contribute to the shaping of Asian conceptions of human rights and to the creation of a regional human rights mechanism. Such regional activism of NGOs has significance, on the one hand, for the improvement of the human rights situation at the grassroots, and on the other hand, in constructing new norms, policies and institutional frames that can become integral part of a future human rights system in Asia. It is argued that NGO activism gives rise to new norms or re-interprets existing norms that become part of a distinctive Asian human rights discourse.
Book Synopsis Asian Perspectives On Human Rights by : Claude Welch
Download or read book Asian Perspectives On Human Rights written by Claude Welch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-28 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes Asian perspectives on human rights in terms of cultural traditions, grassroots and regional organizations, and economic constraints on the expression of rights. The book asks: are human rights western in their inception, are they universal or do they differ by region and culture.
Book Synopsis Asia Pacific and Human Rights by : Paul Close
Download or read book Asia Pacific and Human Rights written by Paul Close and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on key issues and developments in human rights. It is based around 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.
Book Synopsis Transnational Activism in Asia by : Nicola Piper
Download or read book Transnational Activism in Asia written by Nicola Piper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides new perspectives on transnational activism with a specific regional focus on Asia. By offering an innovative approach, its theoretical chapters and empirical case studies examine macro as well as micro aspects of power and how cross-border activities of civil society groups are related to problems of democracy.
Book Synopsis Women's Movements in Asia by : Mina Roces
Download or read book Women's Movements in Asia written by Mina Roces and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's Movements in Asia is a comprehensive study of women’s activism across Asia. With chapters written by leading international experts, it provides a full overview of the history of feminism, as well as the current context of the women’s movement in 12 countries: the Philippines, China, Indonesia, Japan, Burma, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Korea, India and Pakistan. For each of these countries the manner in which feminism changes according to cultural, political, economic and religious factors is explored. The contributors investigate how national feminisms are influenced by transnational factors, such as the women’s movements in other countries, colonialism and international agencies. Each chapter also considers what Asian feminists have contributed to global theoretical debates on the woman question, the key successes and failures of the movements and what needs to be addressed in the future. This breadth of coverage, together with suggestions for further reading and watching, and an integrated cross-national timeline makes Women's Movements in Asia ideal for use on courses looking at women and feminism in Asia. It will appeal both to students and specialists in the fields of gender, women’s and Asian studies.
Book Synopsis Human Rights in Asia by : Randall Peerenboom
Download or read book Human Rights in Asia written by Randall Peerenboom and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Rights in Asia considers how human rights are viewed and implemented in Asia. It covers not just civil and political rights, but also social, economic and cultural rights. This study discusses the problems arising from the fact that ideas of human rights have evolved in Western liberal democracies and examines how far such values are compatible with Asian values and applicable in Asian contexts. Core chapters on France and the USA provide a benchmark on how human rights have emerged and how they are applied and implemented in a civil law and a common law jurisdiction. These are then followed by twelve chapters on the major countries of East Asia plus India, each of which follows a common template to consider the context of the legal system in each country, black letter law, legal discussions and debates and key current issues concerning human rights in each jurisdiction.
Book Synopsis Ways of Knowing about Human Rights in Asia by : Vera Mackie
Download or read book Ways of Knowing about Human Rights in Asia written by Vera Mackie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative multidisciplinary collection brings together the latest research on human rights in the Asian region, by leading scholars with a deep familiarity with the languages and cultures of the region. The contributors bring a range of disciplinary approaches, or ‘ways of knowing’ to the study of human rights: history, memory studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, translation studies, development sociology and political economy. Issues canvassed include linguistic rights, debates on prenatal testing, campaigns for redress of past wrongs, labour rights, ‘voluntourism’, sexuality, and modes of human rights advocacy. This book was published as a special issue of Asian Studies Review.
Book Synopsis Human Rights and Asian Values by : Ole Bruun
Download or read book Human Rights and Asian Values written by Ole Bruun and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asian challenge to the universality of human rights has sparked off intense debate. This volume takes a clear stand for universal rights, both theoretically and empirically, by analysing social and political processes in a number of East and Southeast Asian countries. On the national arenas, Asian values are linked to the struggle between authoritarian and democratic forces, which both tend to convey stereotyped images of the 'west', but with reversed meanings.
