For decades, the city-state of Singapore has been an international
anomaly, combining an advanced and open economy with reduced civil
liberties and press freedom. The book analyses the country's media
system, showing how it has been structured - like the rest of the
political framework - to provide maximum freedom of manoeuvre for
the People's Action Party (PAP) government. Going beyond critique,
the author explains how the PAP's ""freedom from the press"" model
has achieved its extraordinary resilience and stability. One key
factor was the PAP's early recognition that capitalism and the
profit motive could be harnessed as a way to tame journalism.
Second, the PAP exercised strategic self-restraint in the use of
force, progressively turning to subtler means of control that were
less prone to backfire on the state. Third, unlike many
authoritarian regimes, the PAP remained open to ideas and change
and occasional failure, this helped the PAP to consolidate its
authoritarian form of electoral democracy. This volume is essential
reading for those who are interested in Singapore's media and
political system. Singapore's unique place on the world map of
press freedom and democracy makes the book an important
contribution to the comparative study of journalism and politics.
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