Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia: Singapore and Malaysia

In Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia, Rodan 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, and that new technology necessarily undermines authoritarian control. Instead, Rodan argues that in Singapore and Malaysia external pressures for transparency reform were, and are, in many respects, being met without serious compromise to authoritarian rule or the sanctioning of media freedom.Rodan, Garry is the author of 'Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia: Singapore and Malaysia', published 2005 under ISBN 9780415374163 and ISBN 0415374162.