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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Horwitz, Robert Britt. Communication and democratic reform in South Africa. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 (OCoLC)606518322 |
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| 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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"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 Read more...
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- Communication policy -- South Africa.
- Democracy -- South Africa.
- Massamedia.
- Overheidsbeleid.
- Democratie.
- Démocratie -- Afrique du Sud.
- Politique de la communication -- Afrique du Sud.
- Médias -- Afrique du Sud.
- Demokratisierung.
- Kommunikation.
- Südafrika <Staat>
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