Rational Politician: Exploiting the Media in New Democracies - Exploiting the Media in New Democracies

List of contents

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

About the author

Andrew K. Milton Northern Arizona University

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Milton, Andrew Milton, Andrew K Milton, Andrew K. Milton
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781138700178
• ISBN: 978-1-138-70017-8
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, Society and culture: general