ISBN:
9781509500703
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9781509500697
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 228 Seiten
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1 Karte
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21 cm
Series Statement:
China today series
Parallel Title:
Online version Pils, Eva, author Human rights in China
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Pils, Eva Human rights in China
DDC:
323.0951
Keywords:
Human rights
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Human rights advocacy
;
Human rights movements
;
Authoritarianism
;
Human rights China
;
Menschenrecht
;
Menschenrechtsverletzung
;
Menschenrechtspolitik
;
Meinungsfreiheit
;
Informationsfreiheit
;
Persönlichkeitsrecht
;
Soziales Grundrecht
;
Vereinigungsfreiheit
;
Koalitionsfreiheit
;
Eigentumsgarantie
;
Wirtschaftsfreiheit
;
Personenvereinigung
;
Schutz
;
China
;
China
;
Menschenrecht
;
Zivilgesellschaft
;
China
;
Menschenrecht
;
Autoritärer Staat
Abstract:
"How can we make sense of human rights in China's authoritarian system? In this insightful book, China law expert Eva Pils offers a nuanced account of this contentious area, examining human rights as a set of social practices involving a variety of actors, including officials of the system and civil society actors. Drawing on a wide range of resources including years of interaction with Chinese human rights defenders, Pils discusses sources of human rights violations, as well as institutional avenues of protection and social practices of human rights defence. Three central areas are given special attention: liberty and integrity of the person and the right not to be tortured; freedom of thought and expression; and inequality and socio-economic rights. Pils argues that the Party-State system is inherently opposed to human rights principles in all these areas. Yet, civil society actors have developed social practices of human rights advocacy whose political significance is not entirely dependent on the Party-State. Despite authoritarianism's lengthening shadows, China's human rights movement has so far proved resourceful and resilient, and the trajectories discussed in this book will continue to shape ongoing struggles"--
Abstract:
Machine generated contents note: Map Chronology Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Human Rights and Competing Conceptions of Justice, Law and Power in China 2. Institutional Avenues of Human Rights Advocacy 3. Liberty and Life 4. Expression and Thought 5. Inequality and Socio-economic Rights 6. Rights Defenders Conclusion Notes
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Register Seite 215-228
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