Re-Orienting the Fundamentals: Human Rights and New Connections in EU-Asia Relations

by Georg Wiessala

Overview

This volume offers a wide-ranging, contemporary critique of the significance of human rights matters in the areas of Asia–Europe relations and the European Union's Asia policies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409495598
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	02/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dr Georg Wiessala is a Reader in International Relations at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK, where he teaches on both Politics and Criminology Programmes. His main research interests lie in the areas of EU Foreign Policy Analysis, EU-Asia Relations, Human Rights and Asia-Europe Educational Exchange. He has worked as a Visiting Scholar in Europe, Thailand, Singapore and New Zealand and makes regular contributions to European Training Programmes on the European Union's Asia Policies.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Foundations and Debates; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Theoretical Perspectives of EU Foreign Policy in Asia; Chapter 3 The Power of Ideas and the Politics of Identity; Part 2 Dynamics, Discourses and Dilemmas; Chapter 4 The ‘Enabling’ Aspects of Human Rights in the EU-Asia Dialogue; Chapter 5 The ‘Inhibitory’ Aspects of Human Rights in EU-Asia Dialogue; Part 3 Patterns and Paradigms; Chapter 6 Policy Practices, Priorities and Patterns in EU-Asia Policy; Chapter 7 The Learning Dimension and the Potential of EU-Asia Relations; Chapter 8 Political, Legal and Ethical Perspectives in the Guise of a Conclusion;