China and Human Rights in North Korea

Debating a “Developmental Approach” in Northeast Asia

Baogang He editor Chengxin Pan editor David Hundt editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:1st Nov '21

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By exploring the "China factor" in the North Korean human rights debate, this book evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of applying the Chinese development-based approach to human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The contributors to this book treat the relevance of the Chinese experience to the DPRK seriously and evaluate how it might apply to easing North Korean human rights issues.They engage with the debate about the relevance of the developmental or development-based approach to North Korea. In doing so, they problematise, scrutinise and contextualise the development-based approach in Northeast Asia, including China, and examine different responses to the developmental approach and the influence of domestic politics on these responses.

A valuable contribution to discussions on possible ways forward for human rights in North Korea and an insightful critique of the Northeast Asian development model more broadly.

"China and Human Rights in North Korea offers a fresh, thought-provoking perspective on human rights that will surely stimulate lively debate among human rights scholars and practitioners. In this important new volume, the editors paradoxically turn to China as a potential model for advancing human rights in North Korea. In particular, the editors and their contributors explore how a development-based approach to human rights as adopted by China and practiced in other East Asian countries offers a viable path for improving rights in North Korea and beyond."---Andrew Yeo, Professor of Politics at The Catholic University of America and co-editor of North Korean Human Rights: Activists and Networks.

ISBN: 9781032006000

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Weight: 453g

190 pages