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Communication and Democratic Reform in South Africa - Couverture rigide

Livre 4 sur 48: Communication, Society and Politics

Horwitz, Robert B.

 
9780521791663: Communication and Democratic Reform in South Africa
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521791669 ISBN 13 : 9780521791663
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

The book examines the reform of the communication sector in South Africa.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The book examines the reform of the communication sector in South Africa as a detailed and extended case study in political transformation - the transition from apartheid to democracy. The reform of broadcasting, telecommunications, the state information agency and the print press from apartheid-aligned apparatuses to accountable democratic institutions took place via a complex political process in which civil society activism, embodying a post-social democratic ideal, largely won out over the powerful forces of formal market capitalism and older models of state control. In the cautious acceptance of the market, the civil society organizations sought to use the dynamism of the market while thwarting its inevitable inequities. Forged in the crucible of a difficult transition to democracy, communication reform in South Africa was navigated between the National Party's embrace of the market and the African National Congress leadership's default statist orientation.

Revue de presse

"the analysis is persuasive and compelling." CHOICE Jan 2002

"...well researched book...Horwitz's research and observations provide a rare resource for historians interested in international communication, communication policy, democratic reform, and the importance placed in an emerging democracy of 'getting it right' when dealing with one of the most powerful means of literacy, political control, and economic growth." Ken Waters, Journalism History

"The book is well organized." International Journal of African History

"The book is useful not only in analyzing the role of communications under apartheid but also its role in building a new civil society." African Studies Review

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521791669
ISBN 13 
9780521791663
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
430
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
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