East meets west: human rights and democracy in east Asia/ (Record no. 149827)
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| fixed length control field | 00385nam a2200133Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0691005087 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 320.95 |
| Item number | BEL/E |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bell, Daniel A. |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | East meets west: human rights and democracy in east Asia/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Daniel A. Bell. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Jersy: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2000. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 369 p.; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Acknowledgments xi <br/>INTRODUCTION 3 <br/><br/>PART I THE EAST ASIAN CHALLENGE TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY. REFLECTIONS ON EAST-WEST DIALOGUES 21 <br/><br/>CHAPTER 1 TOWARD A TRULY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME 23 <br/>1. Trade-offs 35 <br/>1.1. Rights vs. Development: A Zero-Sum Game? 35 <br/>1.2. The Need for Specificity 37 <br/>2. An Asian Voice on Human Rights? 49 <br/>2.1. Human Rights: A Western Invention? 49 <br/>2.2. Increasing Commitment to Human Rights in East Asia: Strategic Considerations 55<br/>2.2.1. On the Prospects of Exporting American Ideals to East Asia 56 <br/>2.2.2. Appealing to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Asia 63 <br/>2.2.3. Local justifications for Human Rights 68 <br/>3. A Different Moral Standpoint? 82 <br/>3.1. Cultural Respect vs. Liberal Neutrality 84 <br/>3.2. Justifiable Constraints on Western-Style Rights 87 <br/>3.3. New "Asian" Rights: Expanding the Set of Internationally Recognized Rights 95 <br/>Summary 103 <br/><br/>CHAPTER 2 DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS: ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE 106 <br/>1. Trade-off Issues 110 <br/>1.1. On the Possibility of Decent Nondemocratic Regimes 110 <br/>1.2. The Costs of Democratization 116 <br/>2. Democratic Rights: Different justifications 130 <br/>2.1. Limiting the Power of the State 130 2.2. Democracy as a Means for Nation-Building 137 <br/>2.3. Identifying the Agents of Democratization 142 <br/>2.4. Nation-Building and Social Consensus in Confucian Democracies 149 <br/>3. Democratic Rights: Different Constraints 158 <br/>3.1 Democracy vs. Civil Rights 158 3.2 Democracy vs. Social and Economic Rights 16 <br/>3.3 Democracy vs. Future Generations 16 <br/>Summary 170 <br/><br/>PART II THE PROS AND CONS OF DEMOCRACY IN SINGAPORE: A FICTITIOUS DIALOGUE WITH LEE KUAN YEW 173 <br/><br/>CHAPTER 3 IS LIBERAL DEMOCRACY SUITABLE FOR SINGAPORE? 175 <br/><br/>1. Democracy Defined as Free and Fair Competitive Elections 176 <br/>2. Democracy justified (Only) by Its Consequences 185 <br/>3. Democracy and Security 201 <br/>4. Democracy and Civil Liberties 213 <br/>5. Democracy and Prosperity 219 <br/>Summary 232 <br/><br/>CHAPTER 4 A COMMUNITARIAN CRITIQUE OF AUTHORITARIANISM: THE CASE OF SINGAPORE 233 <br/><br/>1. Community and Democracy 233 <br/>2. Democracy and the Family 236 <br/>3. Democracy and the Nation 239 <br/>3.1. Singapore: A Patriotic Nation? 239 <br/>3.2. How Authoritarianism Undermines Patriotism 241 <br/>3.3. On the Need for Patriotism in Singapore 253 <br/>Summary 271 <br/><br/>PART III DEMOCRACY WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS 277 <br/><br/>CHAPTER 5 A POLITICAL PROPOSAL FOR THE POST-COMMUNIST ERA 279 <br/><br/>1. Constraining Democratic Populism 281 <br/><br/>1.1. On the Need for Capable and Far-Sighted Rulers in Modern Societies 281 <br/>1.2. A Confucian Tradition of Respect for a Ruling Intellectual Elite 286 <br/>2. Alternative Proposals 289 <br/>2.1. Plural Voting Schemes 292 <br/>2.2. A Corporatist Assembly 294 <br/>2.3. A Parliament of Scholar-Officials 299 <br/>3. The Proposal 307 <br/>3.1. Selection Procedures 307 <br/>3.2. The Problem of Cormption 318 <br/>3.3. The Question of Universalizability 323 <br/>3.4. The Problem of Gridlock 328 <br/>3.5. Implementation of the Proposal 332 <br/>Closing Scene 335 <br/>Select Bibliography 337 <br/>Index 353 |
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| Keyword | East Asia |
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| Keyword | Democracy |
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| Keyword | Human rights |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 28/08/2016 | 320.95 BEL/E | P04490 | 13/07/2018 | 13/07/2018 | General Books |