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Beyond Liberal Democracy : Political Thinking for an East Asian Context /
Is liberal democracy appropriate for East Asia? In this provocative book, Daniel Bell argues for morally legitimate alternatives to Western-style liberal democracy in the region. Beyond Liberal Democracy, which continues the author's influential earlier work, is divided into three parts that co...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- One size doesn't fit all
- The uniquely parochial development of liberal democracy
- Human rights for an East Asian context
- Democracy for an East Asian context
- Capitalism for an East Asian context
- A note on the culturally sensitive approach to political theorizing
- Human rights for an East Asian context
- Just war and Confucianism : implications for the contemporary world
- The ideal world versus nonideal theory
- General Confucian principles of good government
- Mencius on just and unjust war
- Implications for contemporary societies
- Human rights and "values in Asia" : reflections on East-West dialogues
- Trade-offs and priorities
- Asian justifications for human rights
- Values in Asia versus Western liberalism : justifiable moral differences?
- Cross-cultural dialogues on human rights : what is the point?
- The ethical challenges of international human rights NGOs : reflections on dialogues between practitioners and theorists
- The challenge of cultural conflict
- The challenge of dealing with global poverty
- The challenge of dealing with states that restrict the activities of INGOs
- The challenge of fund-raising
- Implications for INGOs in East Asia
- Democracy for an East Asian context
- What's wrong with active citizenship? a comparison of physical education in ancient Greece and ancient China
- Two ancient civilizations
- Why compare state-sponsored physical education in the two ancient civilizations?
- Political competition and sports competition
- Commercial societies, leisure time, and the pursuit of physical excellence
- Implications for contemporary East Asian societies
- Taking elitism seriously : democracy with Confucian characteristics
- Political elitism and democracy : two important values
- Institutionalizing Confucian democracy
- Is democracy the "least bad" system for minority groups?
- Some definitions
- Democracy and nation building
- Implications for outside prodemocracy forces
- Democratic education in a multicultural context : lessons from Singapore
- Singapore's political history
- Racism in the classroom?
- Inclusive multiculturalism
- Beyond Singapore?
- Capitalism for an East Asian context
- Culture and egalitarian development : Confucian constraints on property rights
- On the selection of feasible and desirable Confucian values for modern societies
- The overriding value of material welfare
- The value of care for needy family members
- Exporting Confucianism?
- East Asian capitalism for an age of globalization
- East Asian capitalism and economic productivity
- East Asian capitalism and social welfare
- Implications for public policy
- Justice for migrant workers? the case of migrant domestic workers in East Asia
- The political concerns of foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong and Singapore
- Should foreign domestic workers be given equal rights?
- The role of culture
- Migrant domestic workers in mainland China
- Responses to critics : the real and the ideal.