"This volume addresses an important aspect in the political life of most
societies today: limitations on freedom of expression and the existence of
censorship. As a topic for research, study, and reflection-particularly in its
comparative dimension-freedom of expression is a somewhat neglected area.
The vast majority of studies in this field focus either on a specific aspect of
freedom of expression or on a specific country. The current volume, however,
assumes that there is much to be gained by studying freedom of expression and
censorship practices broadly and comparatively. In a world grown small, global
perspective is possible and beneficial, particularly when it is applied to an issue
of great relevance for all societies."

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This book shows how censorship is used in totalitarian regimes to promote an official ideology and exert party control, in authoritarian regimes to restrict-or eliminate civil liberties, and in liberal democracies to limit the freedom of expression.
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Preface -- PART 1 - INTRODUCTION -- 1. Censorship in Global and Comparative Perspective: An Analytical Framework /IIan Peleg -- 2. Censorship and Language Taboos: The Supreme Court's Flying Circus, Scot A. Duvall -- PART 2 - TOTALITARIAN SYSTEMS -- 3. Soviet Censorship's ''True Colors": A Chameleon Adapting to Glasnost, Vladimir Wozniuk -- 4. The Dual Nature of Censorship in Hungary, 1945-1991 /Gabor Mihdlyi -- 5. Censorship in Castro's Cuba: "Against the Revolution Nothing," Roger Reed -- PART 3 - AUTHORITARIAN SYSTEMS -- 6. Censorship in Latin America /Richard E. Sharpless and Ilan Peleg -- 7. Censorship in the Middle East: The Case of Arabic Literature /Anonymous -- 8. Freedom of Expression in the Third World: The Human Rights of Writers in Developing Countries, Ilan Peleg -- PART 4 - LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS -- 9 Freedom of Expression in Western Europe: Law and Practice /Jan K. Dargel. -- 10 The American System of Censorship and Free Expression /J. M. Balkin. -- 11. Censorship in Israel /Gary J. Jacobsohn. -- 12 .The Censor's New Clothes: Censorship in Liberal Societies /Sue Curry Jansen. -- PART 5 --CONCLUSION -- 13. Trends of Censorship and Freedom of Expression /Ilan Peleg -- About the Book and Editor -- About the Contributors -- Index.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780367282424
Publisert
2019-09-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
590 gr
Høyde
237 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
224

Om bidragsyterne

Ilan Peleg is Charles A. Dana Professor of Government and Law at Lafayette College. He is the author or editor of numerous publications on a variety of political and military topics, including Begin’s Foreign Policy, 1977–1983: Israel’s Move to the Right (1987) and Emergence of a Binational Israel: The Second Republic in the Making (co-edited with Ofira Seliktar) (Westview, 1989).