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020 ^a9781848446809 (hbk.)
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050 00 ^aKM572^bH918 2011
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245 00 ^aHuman Rights in Asia /^cedited by Thomas W. D. Davis and Brian Galligan
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260 ^aCheltenham, UK :^bEdward Elgar, ^cc2011.
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300 ^axiii, 238 p. ;^c25 cm.
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504 ^aIncludes bibliographical references and index
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505 0 ^aHuman rights in Asia : institutions, norms and politics -- ^tMuslim debates on human rights and freedom ofreligion -- ^tInternational networks and human rights in Indonesia -- ^tHuman rights discourse in post - Marcos Philippines -- ^tPolitical accountability and human rights in Singapore -- ^tContesting human rights in Malaysia -- ^tAmbivalent about human rights : Thai democracy -- ^tThe challenge for human rights in Cambodia -- ^tHuman rights coalitions in Myanmar -- ^tThe politics of human rights in India -- ^tChina's human rights in 'the Asian century' -- ^tHuman rights in Asia: comparative reflections
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520 ^a"This book presents the work of a dozen scholars from Asia and Australia and draws upon their knowledge of particular countries or aspects of the politics of rights that help in understanding rights in Asia. Most of the contributors participated in an international symposium held at the University of Melbourne in late 2009, with several who could not attend also contributing papers."-- P. xiii
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650 0 ^aHuman rights^zAsia
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650 0 ^aCivil rights^zAsia
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700 1 ^aDavis, Thomas W.D.
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700 1 ^aGalligan, Brian,^d1945-
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856 40 ^3Content^uhttp://library.nhrc.or.th/ulib/document/Content/T02999.pdf
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917 ^aBN :^c2,970
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955 ^a1 copy
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999 ^acat6
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