Review Essays

Topical Foci: Human Rights in Asia

China's Cautious Participation in the UN Human Rights Regime by Greg Moore

China, the United Nations, and Human Rights: The Limits of Compliance. By Ann Kent. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. 336pp.

Capitalizing on Market Reforms: Facets of Legal Development in Contemporary China By Stefanie Elbern

Law and Justice in China’s New Marketplace by Ronald C. Keith and Zhiqiu Lin. New York: Palgrave, 2001. 315pp.

Profits and Principles: Global Capitalism and Human Rights in China by Michael A. Santoro. Ithaca, NY:  Cornell University Press, 2000. 256pp.

Opening the Dichotomy of Universalism and Relativism By Chih-yu Shih

Negotiating Culture and Human Rights edited by Linda S. Bell, Andrew J. Nathan and Ilan Peleg. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. 428pp.

East Meets West: Human Rights and Democracy in East Asia by Daniel A. Bell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. 369pp.

Questioning the Universality of Human Rights By Paul J. Magnarella

Universal Human Rights? edited by Robert G. Patman. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000. 244pp.

Dealing with Human Rights: Asian and Western Views on the Value of Human Rights edited by Martha Meijer. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2001. 183pp.

The Philosophy of Human Rights by Patrick Hayden. St. Paul: Paragon House, 2001. 686pp.

The "Great Game" for the Twenty-first Century: Islamic Extremism and Central Asia By Ian Sethre

Reaping the Whirlwind by Michael Griffin. London: Pluto Press, 2001. 272pp.

Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. 281pp.

Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. 274pp.

Exploring Children's Rights in the World of Work By Jean Scandlyn

Children of Other Worlds by Jeremy Seabrook. London: Pluto, 2001. 166pp.

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