The Rational Politician: Exploiting the Media in New Democracies

ISBN-13: 9781138700185 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 206 str.

Andrew K. Milton

Opis

This title was first published in 2000: An examination of the way in which post-communist political actors have persisted in exploiting, controlling and manipulating the media, in spite of rhetorical commitments to freer and more independent media.

Spis treści

1: Introduction; 2: Transitions to Democracy: Purposive Action or Structural Determination?; 3: Institutions and Organizations: Constraints on Purposive Action to “Create” Democracy; 4: Of Legacies and Opportunities: Media Control Before 1989; 5: From Czechoslovakia to Slovakia and the Czech Republic: The Media and the Ties that Still Bind; 6: Hungary: Political Parties Vie for Media Control; 7: Poland: Media Control in the Name of God and Country; 8: Conclusion

O autorze

Andrew Milton