1st Edition
The Rational Politician Exploiting the Media in New Democracies
By Andrew Milton
Copyright 2000
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
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
Biography
Andrew Milton
