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Globalisation, Human Rights and Labour Law in Pacific Asia

Sally Engle Merry

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This pathbreaking book is the first substantive contribution to a sociology of human rights and takes up the question of whether so-called Asian values are compatible with human rights discourse. Using a sociological and poststructuralist approach to the concept of rights, and incorporating transnationality into sociological theory, Anthony Woodiwiss demonstrates how the global human rights regime can accommodate Asian patriarchialism, while Pacific Asia is itself adapting by means of what he calls enforceable benevolence.

Language: English

Pages: 330

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: April 28, 1998

ISBN: 0521628830

ISBN 13: 9780521628839

Globalisation, Human Rights and Labour Law in Pacific Asia

Sally Engle Merry

0/5 ( ratings)

This pathbreaking book is the first substantive contribution to a sociology of human rights and takes up the question of whether so-called Asian values are compatible with human rights discourse. Using a sociological and poststructuralist approach to the concept of rights, and incorporating transnationality into sociological theory, Anthony Woodiwiss demonstrates how the global human rights regime can accommodate Asian patriarchialism, while Pacific Asia is itself adapting by means of what he calls enforceable benevolence.

Language: English

Pages: 330

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: April 28, 1998

ISBN: 0521628830

ISBN 13: 9780521628839

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