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Evaluating Competing "Democratic" Discourses: The Impact on Human Rights Protection in Southeast Asia
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Abstract This paper evaluates the impact of competing “democratic” discourses on human rights protection in Southeast Asia. The authors identify three key discourses emanating from a set of national governmental policies, advocacy positions promoted by both global and local civil society and international st... view more
This paper evaluates the impact of competing “democratic” discourses on human rights protection in Southeast Asia. The authors identify three key discourses emanating from a set of national governmental policies, advocacy positions promoted by both global and local civil society and international standards and procedures adopted by members of inter-governmental organisations. These discourses, the authors argue, are collectively shaping the emerging ASEAN inter-governmental human rights regime. The political impact of these competing “democratic” discourses and their complex interactions bring a cultural dimension to regional human rights. The authors argue that observers seeking to understand the emergence of norms, the establishment of institutions and their capacity to collectively protect regional human rights, need to understand these competing discourses. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
political negotiation; path dependence; civil society; government policy; opinion formation; discourse; social norm; international regime; Southeast Asia; ethnicity; political opinion; democratization; ASEAN; human rights; cultural identity
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 49-77
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 33 (2014) 3
Issue topic
Democracy and Human Rights in Southeast Asia
ISSN
1868-1034
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed