Free speech and censorship around the globe / edited by Péter Molnár.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Molnár, Péter, editor.

Contributor:

Molnár, Péter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of expression.

World politics--1989-.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (564 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest, Hungary ; New York, New York : Central European University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book focuses on regulatory challenges of creating and sustaining freedom of speech and freedom of information two decades after the fall of the Berlin wall, in global, comparative context. Some chapters overview, others address specific issues, or describe country case studies. Instead of trying to provide an exhaustive assessment which in one volume might not reach deeper analyzes of contextual details, this book will shed light on and help better understanding of general challenges for freedom of speech and information through varying comparative examples and highlighting important regulatory questions.

Contents:

Introduction / Peter Molnar

1989, 2011, and strategic narratives / Monroe Price

Dangers for freedom of expression and the internet : an interview with Frank La Rue

Freedom of speech in the OSCE countries : an interview with Dunja Mijatovic

Revisiting the three Europes : diverging landscapes of media freedom / Miklós Haraszti

Freedom of expression, media and journalism under the European human rights system : characteristics, developments, and challenges / Dirk Voorhoof

Jurisprudential advances and persistent challenges for freedom of expression in the Americas / Catalina Botero Marino

The right to information in Latin America / Toby Mendel

Freedom of speech and access to information in Africa : an interview with Pansy Tlakula

A right emerges : the history of the right of access to information and its link with freedom of expression / Helen Darbishire

The right to information and the expanding scope of bodies covered by national laws since 1989 / Sandra Coliver

The Rabat plan of action : a critical turning point in international law on hate speech / Sejal Parmar

Free to hate? : anti-Gypsyism in 21st-century Europe / Bernard Rorke

The role of the mass media in the Spanish transition to democracy and its subsequent consolidation / Josep Maria Carbonell and Joan Barata Mir

Russia's modern approach to media law / Andrei Richter

Access to information in Kenya : the law and practice in the last two decades (1991-2013) / Ezra Chiloba

Freedom of expression in ferment : a cursory look at the Ethiopian media regime / Yared Legesse Mengistu

Philippines : expanding the contours of free speech in an environment of impunity against journalists / Gilbert T. Andres

The fragile complexity of protecting freedom of speech in Australia / Rhonda Breit

The impact of new media on freedom of expression in China and the regulatory responses / Mei Ning Yan

Eavesdropping on the freedom of expression in India / Sunil Abraham

The "Turkish model" of freedom of speech / Zeynep Alemdar

Overcoming silence : why media laws hinder freedom of the press in postauthoritarian Egypt / Brenda F. Abdelall

Media, freedom of expression and democratization in Morocco / Abderrahim Chalfaouat

The Danish cartoons controversy: hate speech laws and unintended consequences / Richard N. Winfield and Janine Tien

The UN defamation of religions resolution and domestic blasphemy laws in Pakistan : creating a culture of impunity / Asma T. Uddin

A right to be free from religious hatred? : the Wilders case in the Netherlands and beyond / Jeroen Temperman.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-71966-X

963-386-057-1

9781003719663

OCLC:

904212184