Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia

In this book, the author rejects the notion that he 1997-98 Asian economic crisis was further evidence that capitalism can only develop within liberal social and political institutions, and that new technology undermines authoritarian control. Instead, Rodan argues that in Singapore and Malaysia, external pressures for transparency reform were being met without serious compromise to authoritarian rule or the sanctioning of media freedom

Edited by: Garry Rodan

Publication Date: 18 March 2004

ISBN : 0415335825
Price: £60.00

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