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

    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