Handbook on Human Rights in China

[Peter Terpstra]

Handbook on Human Rights in China
Handbooks of Research on Contemporary China series
Edited by Sarah Biddulph, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne,
Australia and Joshua Rosenzweig, East Asia Research Director, Amnesty
International
This Handbook gives a wide-ranging account of the theory and practice of
human rights in China, viewed against international standards, and China’s
international engagements around human rights. The Handbook is organised
into the following sections: contested meanings; international dimensions;
economic and social rights; civil and political rights; rights in/action
and access to justice; political dimensions of human rights in Greater
China; and new frontiers.

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Examining both the theory and practice of human rights in China, this
Handbook provides an important analysis of rights in China in comparison to
international standards and China’s international engagements concerning
human rights. A wide range of civil and political, social and economic, and
group rights in China are explored from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Contributions provide a comprehensive and critical insight to the topic,
examining the traditions behind modern human rights in China right up to
contemporary issues such as the rise of the Internet and LGBTQ rights that
are now at the forefront of attention across the globe. The Handbook also
explores human rights in Greater China, and their relationship to rights in
mainland China. Each chapter develops arguments surrounding significant
issues, together revealing a complex reality where human rights recognition
and protections are intertwined with Party-state programs and priorities,
modes of governance and the demand for social and political stability.

A vital read for international human rights academics and practitioners,
this Handbook examines a thorough range of aspects of human rights in
China. It would also be a useful read for international relations and
Chinese studies scholars, as well as those with a keen interest in modern
China.

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