| Communication and Democratic Reform in South Africa Contributor(s): Horwitz, Robert B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521791669 ISBN-13: 9780521791663 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $97.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 302.209 |
| LCCN: 00063041 |
| Lexile Measure: 1490 |
| Series: Communication, Society and Politics |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.60 lbs) 430 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book examines the reform of the communications sector in South Africa as a detailed and extended case study in 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. |