Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia: Singapore and Malaysia

ISBN-13: 9780415374163 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 280 str.

Garry Rodan

Opis

This book rejects the notion that the 1997-98 Asian economic crisis was further evidence that ultimately capitalism can only develop within liberal social and political institutions.

Spis treści

1. Information Control and Authoritarian Rule in East and Southeast Asia: Under Challenge? 2. Bedding Down Media and Information Control in Singapore and Malaysia 3. Bureaucratic Authoritarianism and Transparency Reform in Singapore 4. Keeping Civil Society at Bay: Media in Singapore After the Crisis 5. Crony Capitalism and Transparency Reform in Malaysia 6. Challenges to Media Control in Malaysia Conclusion: Advanced Market Systems, Information Flows and Political Regimes

O autorze

Garry Rodan is Director of the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Australia.