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East Meets West
Daniel A. Bell
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Sozialwissenschaften, Recht, Wirtschaft / Politikwissenschaft
Beschreibung
Is liberal democracy a universal ideal? Proponents of "Asian values" argue that it is a distinctive product of the Western experience and that Western powers shouldn't try to push human rights and democracy onto Asian states. Liberal democrats in the West typically counter by questioning the motives of Asian critics, arguing that Asian leaders are merely trying to rationalize human-rights violations and authoritarian rule. In this book--written as a dialogue between an American democrat named Demo and three East Asian critics--Daniel A. Bell attempts to chart a middle ground between the extremes of the international debate on human rights and democracy.
Bell criticizes the use of "Asian values" to justify oppression, but also draws on East Asian cultural traditions and contributions by contemporary intellectuals in East Asia to identify some powerful challenges to Western-style liberal democracy. In the first part of the book, Bell makes use of colorful stories and examples to show that there is a need to take into account East Asian perspectives on human rights and democracy. The second part--a fictitious dialogue between Demo and Asian senior statesman Lee Kuan Yew--examines the pros and cons of implementing Western-style democracy in Singapore. The third part of the book is an argument for an as-yet-unrealized Confucian political institution that justifiably differs from Western-style liberal democracy.
This is a thought-provoking defense of distinctively East Asian challenges to Western-style liberal democracy that will stimulate interest and debate among students of political theory, Asian studies, and international human rights.
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Special rights, Bureaucrat, Lucian Pye, Open government, Deliberation, Democratization, Suharto, Economic development, Political alienation, Huang Zongxi, Singaporeans, Cronyism, Kaifong associations, Liberal democracy, Communism, Imperialism, Military dictatorship, Political philosophy, War of aggression, Business ethics, Democracy, Nation-building, Politics, Government of Singapore, Politician, Civil society, Confucianism, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Illiberal democracy, Racism, Full slate, Authoritarianism, Han Fei, Anti-Americanism, Criticism, Despotism, Defamation, Legislature, Right-wing politics, Public figure, United States, Confucius, Religion, Election, Democracy in China, Elite, Filial piety, Political correctness, Against Democracy, Democracy promotion, Communitarianism, Democratic peace theory, Activism, Crony capitalism, Asian values, Two Treatises of Government, Human rights in Singapore, Ruler, Human rights, Liberal neutrality, Term limit, Demagogue, Patriotism, Liberalism, Capitalism, Government of China, Freedom of speech, Voting, Lee Kuan Yew, Western world