The Press and the Decline of Democracy: The Democratic Socialist Response in Public Policy

by Robert G. Picard

The author discusses the role of economic concentration in limiting public access to information and reducing opportunities for public discourse. Picard examines the government policies that have contributed to the erosion of democratic participation and have permitted the growth of large commercial press entities, unobstructed by anti-trust provisions. He relates recent public policy responses to this problem to democratic socialist ideology and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313249156
• ISBN13: 9780313249150
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"