Communication and Democratic Reform in South Africa

by Robert Britt Horwitz

Book Overview

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 press from apartheid-aligned apparatuses to accountable democratic institutions took place via a complex political process in which civil society activism, embodying a post-social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521030978
• ISBN13: 9780521030977
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"