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Commentators on the media in Southeast Asia either emphasise with
optimism the prospect for new media to provide possibilities for
greater democratic discourse, or else, less optimistically, focus
on the continuing ability of governments to exercise tight and
sophisticated control of the media. This book explores these issues
with reference to Malaysia and Singapore. It analyses how
journalists monitor governments and cover elections, discussing
what difference journalism makes; it examines citizen journalism,
and the constraints on it, often self-imposed constraints; and it
assesses how governments control the media, including outlining the
development and current application of legal restrictions.
Commentators on the media in Southeast Asia either emphasise with
optimism the prospect for new media to provide possibilities for
greater democratic discourse, or else, less optimistically, focus
on the continuing ability of governments to exercise tight and
sophisticated control of the media. This book explores these issues
with reference to Malaysia and Singapore. It analyses how
journalists monitor governments and cover elections, discussing
what difference journalism makes; it examines citizen journalism,
and the constraints on it, often self-imposed constraints; and it
assesses how governments control the media, including outlining the
development and current application of legal restrictions.
Illusions of Democracy: Malaysian Politics and People offers an
up-to-date and broad analysis of the contemporary state of
Malaysian politics and society. Transcending disciplinary
boundaries, it offers a look at Malaysian politics not only through
the lens of political science but also anthropology, cultural
studies, international relations, political economy and legal
studies touching on both overlooked topics in Malaysian political
life as well as the emerging trends which will shape Malaysia's
future. Covering silat martial arts, Malaysia's constitutional
identity, emergency legislation, the South China Sea dilemma, ISIS
discourse, zakat payment, the fallout from the 1MDB scandal and
Malaysia's green movement, Illusions of Democracy charts the
complex and multi-faceted nature of political life in a
semi-authoritarian state, breaking down the illusions which keep it
functioning, to uncover the mechanisms which really underlie the
paradoxical longevity of Malaysia's political, economic and social
system.
As a field of study, legal history has an unsteady place in
Australian law schools yet academic research and writing in the
field of legal history and at the intersections of the disciplines
of 'law' and 'history' is undergoing something of a renaissance,
with rich and vibrant new works regularly appearing in specialist
journals and scholarly monographs.This collection seeks to
reinvigorate the study of history within the law school curriculum,
by showcasing what students of the law can achieve when, addressing
topics from the use of Magna Carta as history and precedent in
sixteenth-century England to the political manoeuvres behind the
failed impeachment of President Bill Clinton in late
twentieth-century America, they seek to understand legal processes
and institutions historically.The volume comprises outstanding
legal history papers authored by graduate (final year JD) students
in the Melbourne Law School.This collection is dedicated to two
women who championed the teaching of legal history at the Melbourne
Law School in the 1960s-Dr Ruth Campbell and Mrs Betty Hayes.
As a field of study, legal history has an unsteady place in
Australian law schools yet academic research and writing in the
field of legal history and at the intersections of the disciplines
of 'law' and 'history' is undergoing something of a renaissance,
with rich and vibrant new works regularly appearing in specialist
journals and scholarly monographs. This collection seeks to
reinvigorate the study of history within the law school curriculum,
by showcasing what students of the law can achieve when, addressing
topics from the use of Magna Carta as history and precedent in
sixteenth-century England to the political manoeuvres behind the
failed impeachment of President Bill Clinton in late
twentieth-century America, they seek to understand legal processes
and institutions historically. The volume comprises outstanding
legal history papers authored by graduate (final year JD) students
in the Melbourne Law School. This collection is dedicated to two
women who championed the teaching of legal history at the Melbourne
Law School in the 1960s-Dr Ruth Campbell and Mrs Betty Hayes.
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