Actions for Communication and democratic reform in South Africa
Communication and democratic reform in South Africa / Robert B. Horwitz
- Author
- Horwitz, Robert Britt
- Published
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 409 pages).
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- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2 The Ancien Régime in the South African Communications Sector; Chapter 3 Sharing Power without Losing ControlŽ: Reform Apartheid and the New Politics of Resistance; Chapter 4 Control Will Not Pass to UsŽ: The Reform Process in Broadcasting; Chapter 5 All Shall CallŽ: The Telecommunications Reform Process; Chapter 6 Free but ResponsibleŽ: The Battle over the Press and the Reform of the South African Communication Service.
- Summary
- The book examines the reform of the communication sector in South Africa in the transition from apartheid to democracy. It studies the complex political process by which broadcasting, telecommunications, the state information agency, and the print press were transformed from apartheid-aligned apparatuses to accountable democratic institutions.
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- MYILIB_CUp
- Subject(s)
- Communication policy—South Africa
- Democracy—South Africa
- Communication—Politique gouvernementale—Afrique du Sud
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES—Communication Studies
- Communication policy
- Democracy
- Demokratisierung
- Kommunikation
- Massamedia
- Overheidsbeleid
- Democratie
- Démocratie—Afrique du Sud
- Politique de la communication—Afrique du Sud
- Médias—Afrique du Sud
- South Africa
- Südafrika <Staat>.
- Other Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0511012217 (electronic bk.)
9780511012211 (electronic bk.)
0511031580 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9780511031588 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
0511046855 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9780511046858 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9780521791663
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9780511510151 (electronic bk.)
0511510152 (electronic bk.)
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9781107121621
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9780521030977
9780521030977 (paperback) - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-393) and index.
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