Rodan, Garry, 1955-

Transparency and authoritarian rule in Southeast Asia : Singapore and Malaysia / Garry Rodan - London : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 - xvii, 261 p. ; 24 cm. - RoutledgeCurzon/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asian studies ; 4 . - RoutledgeCurzon/City University of Hong Kong South East Asian studies ; 4 .

Includes bibliographical references and index

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

0415335825 (hbk.) RM445.66


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