Competitive political regime and Internet control : case studies of Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia / by Liu Yangyue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yangyue, Liu, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Access control--Government policy--Malaysia.

Internet.

Internet--Access control--Government policy--Thailand.

Internet--Access control--Government policy--Indonesia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why are policies of internet control adopted in a democratic state, while internet freedom is guaranteed in a more authoritarian context? In this work on the comparative politics of internet control, it is argued that regime type per se is not the direct determinant of the internet control outcome. Instead, the book proposes an alternative model that addresses the intensity of online transgressiveness and the capacity of online civil society. While online transgressiveness propels governments...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF MAPS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6080-8

OCLC:

885298413