Speech and Society in Turbulent Times: Freedom of Expression in Comparative Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781316640319 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 350 str.

Monroe Price; Nicole Stremlau

Opis

This book explores the underlying philosophies and values that inform the speech rules that a government or community institutes.

Spis treści

Foreword András Sajó; Introduction: 1. Speech and society in comparative perspective Monroe Price and Nicole Stremlau; Part I. Revisiting International Norms: 2. Islam, human rights and the new information technologies Ali Allawi; 3. Closure, strategic communications and international norms Monroe Price; Part II. Dewesternizing Tendencies: 4. Confucian speech and its challenge to the Western theory of deliberative democracy Baogang He; 5. From Gandhi to Modi: institutions and technologies of speech and symbolism in India William Gould; 6. The making of a media system in Uganda: a new vision and a revolutionary origin Nicole Stremlau; 7. Neoliberal 'good governance' in Lieu of rights: Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore experiment Cherian George; 8. Atatürk and contemporary speech lessons from the Late Ottoman and Early Republican Era Altug Akin; 9. Jewish law and ethics in the digital era Yoel Cohen; Part III. The West as Progenitor and Modifier of Concepts of Free Expression: 10. Where should speech be free? Placing liberal theories of free speech in a wider context Richard Danbury; 11. The history, philosophy and law of free expression in the United States: implications for the digital age Stephen M. Feldman; 12. The evolution of a Russian concept of free speech Elena Sherstoboeva; Part IV. Technology and Ideologies in Turbulent Times: 13. Free speech, traditional values and Hinduism in the internet age Rohit Chopra; 14. Cyber-Leninism: the political culture of the Chinese internet Rogier Creemers; 15. French national values, paternalism and the evolution of digital media Julien Mailland; 16. Strategies and tactics: re-shaping the internet in Ethiopia Iginio Gagliardone; Part V. Conclusion: 17. Philosophies and principles in turbulent times Monroe Price and Nicole Stremlau; Index.