Gender and Human Rights Politics in Japan: Global Norms and Domestic Networks Hardcover - 2004
by Jennifer Chan-Tiberghien
From the rear cover
The main purpose of this book is to revisit prevailing conceptions of the Japanese state--which tend to focus on bureaucratic dominance, party politics, and interest groups--and argue that these institutions cannot explain the extensive legal and political changes concerning women's and children's human rights since the late 1990s. Instead, the author advances a constructivist approach to examine the impact of global human rights norms on Japan. This approach is exceptional in linking gender, children, and minority rights to Japanese norms.
This book offers an up-to-date account of the changes since the 1990s. It also explores the issue of universalism versus cultural relativism within human rights and feminist debates. Instead of assuming that traditional Japanese culture is at odds with the individualistic and legalistic orientation of international human rights standards, the book discusses how Japanese civil society as well as state actors grapple with the rise of the individual, the new salience of law in resolving conflicts, the emergence of horizontal networks of cooperation, and the practice of "postnational citizenship."
From the jacket flap
The main purpose of this book is to revisit prevailing conceptions of the Japanese state--which tend to focus on bureaucratic dominance, party politics, and interest groups--and argue that these institutions cannot explain the extensive legal and political changes concerning women's and children's human rights since the late 1990s. Instead, the author advances a constructivist approach to examine the impact of global human rights norms on Japan. This approach is exceptional in linking gender, children, and minority rights to Japanese norms.
This book offers an up-to-date account of the changes since the 1990s. It also explores the issue of universalism versus cultural relativism within human rights and feminist debates. Instead of assuming that traditional Japanese culture is at odds with the individualistic and legalistic orientation of international human rights standards, the book discusses how Japanese civil society as well as state actors grapple with the rise of the individual, the new salience of law in resolving conflicts, the emergence of horizontal networks of cooperation, and the practice of "postnational citizenship."
Details
- Title Gender and Human Rights Politics in Japan: Global Norms and Domestic Networks
- Author Jennifer Chan-Tiberghien
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stanford University Press, Stanford
- Date 2004-07-28
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780804750226 / 080475022X
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 9.4 x 6.5 x 0.72 in (23.88 x 16.51 x 1.83 cm)
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Themes
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Women's rights - Japan, Children's rights - Japan
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004006281
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.309
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Citations
- Choice, 04/01/2005, Page 1478
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