Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-249) and index.
Information control and authoritarian rule in East and Southeast Asia: under challenge? -- Bedding down media and information control in Singapore and Malaysia -- Bureaucratic authoritarianism and transparency reform in Singapore -- Keeping civil society at bay: media in Singapore after the crisis -- Crony capitalism and transparency reform in Malaysia -- Challenges to media control in Malaysia -- Conclusion: advanced market systems, information flows and political regimes