"The contributors have done an outstanding job of illuminating complex problems, offering thoroughly researched, probing analyses and expositions that are both well written and extensively documented. The book contains excellent case studies that examine the coexistence and clashes of different cultures as they impinge on human rights issues, as well as thoughtful critiques of philosophical position. . . . This ... Read moreis a work that can be recommended highly, both to those pursuing the study of cross-cultural validity of rights and to persons with more general interests."
Human Rights Quarterly
"Eloquent explorations of the charge that human rights advocacy is but thinly disguised cultural imperialism."
American Political Science Review
"A valuable addition to an important blossoming of literature on this topic."
American Journal of International Law
"All the contributions are interesting and, from their own different perspectives, throw light on the different aspects of the vexed question of human rights."
Political Studies
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