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Author Horwitz, Robert Britt

Title Communication and democratic reform in South Africa / Robert B. Horwitz
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 409 pages)
Series Communication, society, and politics
Communication, society, and politics.
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
Analysis Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-393) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Communication policy -- South Africa
Democracy -- South Africa
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>
Form Electronic book
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