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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450856703321

Autore

Rodan Garry <1955-, >

Titolo

Transparency and authoritarian rule in Southeast Asia : Singapore and Malaysia / / Garry Rodan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-30811-6

0-203-69313-2

1-280-07713-1

0-203-42101-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon/City University of Hong Kong South East Asian studies ; ; 4

Disciplina

320.9595

342.5029

Soggetti

Transparency in government - Southeast Asia

Electronic books.

Southeast Asia Politics and government 1945-

Southeast Asia Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series editors' preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Information control and authoritarian rule in East  and Southeast Asia: Under challenge?; Bedding down media and information control in  Singapore and Malaysia; Bureaucratic authoritarianism and transparency reform  in Singapore; Keeping civil society at bay: Media in Singapore after  the crisis; Crony capitalism and transparency reform in Malaysia; Challenges to media control in Malaysia; Conclusion: Advanced market systems, information  flows and political regimes; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.