1st Edition
The Rational Politician: Exploiting the Media in New Democracies 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 K. Milton Northern Arizona University
