Susan J. Henders | Britannica

Susan J. Henders

Contributor

BIOGRAPHY

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, York University, Toronto. Her contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Political Theory (2010) formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.

Primary Contributions (1)

Asian values

Asian values, set of values promoted since the late 20th century by some Asian political leaders and intellectuals as a conscious alternative to Western political values such as human rights, democracy, and capitalism. Advocates of Asian values typically claimed that the rapid development of many…

Publications (3)

Human Rights and the Arts Perspectives on Global Asia (October 2014)

By Susan J. Henders, Lily Cho

Human Rights and the Arts: Perspectives on Global Asia approaches human rights issues from the perspective of artists and writers in global Asia. By focusing on the interventions of writers, artists, filmmakers, and dramatists, the book moves toward a new understanding of human rights that shifts the discussion of contexts and subjects away from the binaries of cultural relativism and political sovereignty. From Ai Wei Wei and Michael Ondaatje, to Umar Kayam, Saryang Kim, Lia Zixin, and Noor Zaheer,...

Territoriality, Asymmetry, and Autonomy: Catalonia, Corsica, Hong Kong, and Tibet (July 2011)

By S. Henders

Minority special status arrangements figure prominently in efforts to articulate universality with territorialized difference in many parts of the world. Yet much of what has been written about this important modality of the asymmetrical state has focused exclusively on the liberal democratic West. This book extends the analysis. It offers a structured-focused comparison of the experience of the People s Republic of China, France, and Spain. Case studies on central Tibet, Hong Kong, Corsica, and...

Encyclopedia of Political Theory A - E (March 2010)

By Mark Bevir

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How do we arrange our collective affairs? Why do we live together in the ways we do? How ought we to live together? All humans think about the world they live in, its history and future, and the ideals by which they want to live in relation to others. How we think today decisively influences the world of tomorrow. This encyclopedia attempts to bring greater clarity and understanding to political...

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