In Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia, Rodan rejects the notion that the 1997-98 Asian economic crisis was further evidence that ultimately capitalism can only develop within liberal social and political institutions, and that new technology necessarily undermines authoritarian control. Instead, Rodan argues that in Singapore and Malaysia external pressures for transparency reform were, and are, in many respects, being met without serious compromise to authoritarian rule or the sanctioning of media freedom.national investment bank, Santander Investment, stated in one of its own reports that a#39;Singapore banks have poor disclosure when ... Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) and the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) at 41st, 42nd and 54th respectively (Teo 1999). ... The government also passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill to impose stricter codes of conduct and to require more timely, anbsp;...
Title | : | Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia |
Author | : | Professor of Politics & International Studies Garry Rodan, Garry Rodan |
Publisher | : | Routledge - 2004-08-02 |
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