Прекумерна регулација како средство за контрола: Задушување на слободата на медиумите и образовниот систем во Македонија1
Overregulation as a Means of Control: Stifling the Media freedom and Educational System in Macedonia

Summary/Abstract: This paper is adaptation of the policy paper: Jordan Shishovski, Kalina Lechevska, Technology of State Capture: Overregulation in Macedonian Media and Academia, (Skopje: ISSHS, 2015) The Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje analyzed the executive branch’s use of administrative fines under laws covering the media and the educational system from 1995 to 2014. The analysis found that existing regulations allow the government through its ministries and regulatory bodies to impose excessive sanctions that exert pressure on the media and the educational system. The exceptionally detailed regulations that the executive branch is empowered to enforce, result in suspension of media and academic freedom in ways that are empirically measurable. Through excessive administrative fining the executive branch can establish total control over the media and education, and even decide on their existence within a legal, but not legitimate, framework.

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