Handbook on human rights in China. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sarah Biddulph, Joshua Rosenzweig.
• Editors: Biddulph, Sarah; Rosenzweig, Joshua
• Contents: 1. Introduction to the handbook on human rights in China / Sarah Biddulph and Joshua Rosenzweig -- Part I: Human rights in China: contested meanings -- 2. Human rights in Chinese tradition / Stephen C. Angle -- 3. Human rights and the political system / Eva Pils -- Part II: International dimensions of human rights in China -- 4. China and the international multilateral human rights system / Ann Kent -- 5. Human rights in Chinese foreign policy: a battle for global public opinion / Katrin Kinzelbach -- 6. China and the 'responsibility to protect' (R2P) / Andrew Garwood-Gowers -- Part III: Economic and social rights -- 7. Subsistence, poverty alleviation and right to development : between discourse and practice / Wim Muller -- 8. Health and human rights performance in China: stronger on entitlements, weaker on freedoms / Lesley A. Jacobs -- 9. Labor rights in China / Manfred Elfstrom -- 10. Examining China's compliance to emerging international norms regarding environmental rights / Anna Brettell -- 11. Objects of pity or subjects of rights? Disability and human rights in the People's Republic of China / Stephen Hallett -- 12. Mental health rights in China / Guo Zhiyuan -- 13. Women's rights and gender equality in China : the development and struggle in chains of state feminism / Jiang Jue -- 14. Rights of children and youth in China : protection, provision and participation / Orna Naftali -- Part IV: Civil and political rights -- 15. Freedom of opinion and expression / Hermann Aubié -- 16. Freedom of religion and belief / Sarah Cook -- 17. Freedom from torture / Margaret K. Lewis -- 18. Arbitrary detention / Sarah Biddulph -- 19. Assessing freedom of peaceful assembly and association in contemporary China / Angeli Datt and Alex Beck -- 20. The death penalty and human rights in China / Susan Trevaskes -- 21. Movement and migration / Ming Xia -- Section 5 rights in/action and access to justice -- 22. Lawyers for human rights protection: from legal aid to political lawyering / Fu Hualing -- 23. The right to a fair trial / Elisa Nesossi -- 24. Transparency, accountability, and access to information / Jamie P. Horsley -- 25. The development and obstacles of anti-discrimination law and practice in mainland China / Lu Jun -- Part VI : Political dimensions of human rights in greater China -- 26. Human rights in Taiwan: a thematic overview / Titus C. Chen -- 27. Human rights and political opposition in Hong Kong / Michael C. Davis -- 28. Rights defense and New Citizen's Movement / Teng Biao -- Section 7 new frontiers -- 29. Human rights and the internet in China: new frontiers and challenges / Marina Svensson -- 30. LGBTQ rights in China: movement-building in uncertain times / Joy L. Chia -- 31. Human rights and China's international trade and investment relations / Pitman B. Potter -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 742 pages)
• Subjects: 323.0951; Human rights -- China; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights; Human rights; China; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786433688; 1786433680
• Related ISBNs: 1786433672; 9781786433671
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 24, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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