Analyses the emerging human rights norms, regional institutions and enforcement mechanisms in Asia.

This book explores relations between the U.S. and China, focusing in particular on China policy in the U.S. Congress, which has been unusually active in the development of this relationship, and the most controversial issues in US-China relations: Taiwan, trade and human rights.

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Postulates three cultural-political models: the Western adversarial model, the Oriental consensual model, and the Oriental Communist model. Argues that while the idea of human rights is universally accepted, the meaning of these rights is culture-specific.

This paperback edition of The Uncertain Crusade has a new preface by the author. Co-published with the Hamilton Press.