Freedom of speech and information in global perspective / Pekka Hallberg, Janne Virkkunen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hallberg, Pekka, 1944- author.

Virkkunen, Janne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech.

Freedom of the press.

Human rights and globalization.

Physical Description:

xix, 286 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY, U.S.A. : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

Summary:

"This book offers a unique exploration of the current state of freedom of speech as a basic right available to everyone. The research focuses on the different development stages of the concept of freedom of speech and the use of modern indicators to depict the its treatment in different legal cultures, including the obligations under international treaties and the effects that the globalising and digitalising environment have had on it. The authors conduct a broad survey of freedom of speech around the world, from Europe over Russia and both Americas to Africa, Asia, and Australia. The aim of this survey is to identify safeguards of freedom of speech on both a national and an international level, violations and threat scenarios, and in particular challenges to freedom of speech in the digital era"--back cover.

Contents:

Introduction and overview

First notes

State of freedom of speech in the world

From the origins of freedom of speech to the modern information society

Freedom of speech in books and in action

Human rights obligations : from ideas to reality?

Violations and threat scenarios

Freedom of speech in the turbulence of the changing world

Final chords.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index.

ISBN:

9781349949892

1349949892

OCLC:

973400437