Human rights, democracy and ‘Asian values’

Pacific Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 352-366

  Freeman, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian values; Cosmopolitanism; Cultural relativism; Democracy; Human rights; Universal values

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIVISM; DEMOCRACY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS;

ASIA;

EID: 0030433129     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512749608719191     Document Type: Article

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