Between Freedom and Subsistence: China and Human Rights

by Ann Kent

Set in the context of international human rights law, this is a comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of human rights in China since 1949. Combining legal and institutional documentation with cultural explanation and social, political, and economic analysis, Kent focuses on
developments in Chinese human rights in the post-1978 modernization era, particularly since the tragic events of 1989.

308 pages, Paperback

First published May 26, 1994