Speech and society in turbulent times : freedom of expression in comparative perspective

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Price, Monroe E. , 1938- (Editor), Stremlau, Nicole (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press c2018
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Speech and society in comparative perspective
  • 2. Islam, human rights and the new information technologies
  • 3. Closure, strategic communications and international norms
  • 4. Confucian speech and its challenge to the Western theory of deliberative democracy
  • 5. From Gandhi to Modi: institutions and technologies of speech and symbolism in India
  • 6. The making of a media system in Uganda: a new vision and a revolutionary origin
  • 7. Neoliberal 'good governance' in Lieu of rights: Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore experiment
  • 8. Ataturk and contemporary speech lessons from the Late Ottoman and Early Republican Era
  • 9. Jewish law and ethics in the digital era
  • 10. Where should speech be free? Placing liberal theories of free speech in a wider context
  • 11. The history, philosophy and law of free expression in the United States: implications for the digital age
  • 12. The evolution of a Russian concept of free speech
  • 13. Free speech, traditional values and Hinduism in the internet age
  • 14. Cyber-Leninism: the political culture of the Chinese internet
  • 15. French national values, paternalism and the evolution of digital media
  • 16. Strategies and tactics: re-shaping the internet in Ethiopia
  • 17. Conclusion : philosophies and principles in turbulent times