Promoting Human Rights in Asia and Europe: The Role of Regional Integration

by Apirat Petchsiri (Editor), José Luis de Sales Marques (Editor), William Roth (Editor)

This book explores the question of whether there exists a relationship between the efforts at regional integration and the implementation of human rights. A tenet of the expanding European Union is the promotion of human rights, both internally and externally, but would human rights necessarily be advanced if regional integration were to occur in Asia? The contributors - whose disciplines range from economics, political science, history, and the law - provide perspectives on this and related issues.

138 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2009