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Keywords
- China
- discourse
- human rights
About this book
This book examines the contentious subject of human rights in China. However, in contrast to the majority of the literature which focuses on alleged Chinese abuses of human rights, the author examines the emergence and evolution of a Chinese conception of rights, paying attention to the impact of Confucianism, Republicanism, and Marxism on this conception. It is suggested that the joint influence of these doctrines helps to explain, among other things, the contemporary emphasis attached to socio-economic and collective rights in China, and the importance accorded to citizens duties in relation to the exercise of their rights.
About the author
Robert Weatherley was a researcher and teacher of Chinese Politics at the University of Newcastle, 1993-97, and is currently training to become a commercial lawyer.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Discourse of Human Rights in China
Book Subtitle: Historical and Ideological Perspectives
Authors: NA NA
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-22281-9Published: 29 October 1999
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 185