East Meets West: Human Rights and Democracy in East Asia
Princeton University Press, 2000. Paperback. New trade softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. (6.2 x 0.96 x 9.1 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes a bibliography and an index. 384 pp. 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.
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