Embracing electronic media but suppressing civil society: Authoritarian consolidation in Singapore

Pacific Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 503-524

  Rodan, Garry ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Civil society; Democratization; Information control; Internet; Singapore

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CENSORSHIP; CIVIL SOCIETY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDIA ROLE; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0344010161     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951274032000132236     Document Type: Article

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