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Communication and democratic reform in South Africa
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Communication and democratic reform in South Africa

Author: Robert Britt Horwitz
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Series: Communication, society, and politics.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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 media from apartheid-aligned apparatuses to accountable democratic institutions took place via a complex political process in which civil
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Horwitz, Robert Britt.
Communication and democratic reform in South Africa.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001
(OCoLC)606518322
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert Britt Horwitz
ISBN: 0521791669 9780521791663
OCLC Number: 44802820
Description: xx, 409 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction and Overview --
2. The Ancien Regime in the South African Communications Sector --
3. "Sharing Power without Losing Control": Reform Apartheid and the New Politics of Resistance --
4. "Control Will Not Pass to Us": The Reform Process in Broadcasting --
5. "All Shall Call": The Telecommunications Reform Process --
6. Free but "Responsible": The Battle over the Press and the Reform of the South African Communication Service --
7. Conclusion: Black Economic Empowerment and Transformation.
Series Title: Communication, society, and politics.
Responsibility: Robert B. Horwitz.
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