Cultural rights in a global world / [editors], Anura Goonasekera, Cees Hamelink, Venkat Iyer.

"This book comprises selected papers presented at an international conference, Cultural Rights in a Global World, held in Singapore from 18 to 20 September 2001."--P. 1.

Introduction / Anura Goonasekera -- Cultural rights in the global village / Cees J. Hamelink -- Hollywood and cultural autonomy: uneasy bedfellows in an age of global communication / Georgette Wang -- Reflections on mergers and TNC influence on the cultural autonomy of developing countries / Paul S. N. Lee -- Cultural autonomy and globalization / Indrajit Banerjee -- TRIPs and WTO: effects on the individual artists and creativity / Venkat Iyer -- TRIPs: protecting the Filipino artist / Patricia Ann Prodigalidad -- Balancing the scruples of copyright and piracy in a globalized information society / Pirongrong Ramasoota -- Cultural rights in international law / V. T. Thamilmaran -- Globalization and cultural rights / Kavita Karan -- Globalization and linguistic diversity / Yogesh Atal -- Protection of the languages of small communities / Huang Changzhu -- Reflections on making English the official second language of Japan / Takeshi Sakurai -- Malaysian language planning and cultural rights in the face of a global world / Vincent Love and Umi Khattah -- Globalization of the media and the issue of cultural rights with special reference to India / Yogesh Atal -- Preserving the Filipino cultural heritage in the age of globalization / Patricia Ann Prodigalidad -- The impact of media globalization on Chinese culture / Chen Xihe and Xing Hongwen -- Report on the Asian conference on cultural rights in a global world.