Globalisation, human rights, and labour law in Pacific Asia /

Globalisation, human rights, and labour law in Pacific Asia /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Woodiwiss, Anthony.
Imprint:	Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 316 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in law and society Cambridge studies in law and society.
Subject:	Human rights -- Southeast Asia. Social values -- Southeast Asia. Labor laws and legislation -- Southeast Asia. Human rights. Labor laws and legislation. Social values. Southeast Asia. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11114303

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ISBN:	0511004699 9780511004698 0521621445 9780521621441 9780521628839 0521628830 0511583435 9780511583438
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-303) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Anthony Woodiwiss's pathbreaking book was the first substantive contribution to a sociology of human rights. In it, he takes up the question of whether so-called Asian values are compatible with human rights discourse and argues against human rights issues being the major obstacle to East-West co-operation. Dr Woodiwiss's sociological and post-structuralist approach to the concept of rights, and his incorporation of the transnational dimension into sociological theory, enable him to demonstrate how the global human rights regime can accommodate Asian patriarchalism, while Pacific Asia is itself adapting by means of what he calls 'enforceable benevolence'. His studies of Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore highlight similarities between Pacific-Asian and Western societies and offer a positive view of the social forces obtaining in these territories.
Other form:	Print version: Woodiwiss, Anthony. Globalisation, human rights, and labour law in Pacific Asia. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998 0521621445

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 316 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-303) and index.
ISBN:	0511004699 9780511004698 0521621445 9780521621441 9780521628839 0521628830 0511583435 9780511583438