Communication rights and social justice historical accounts of transnational mobilizations /

Placing struggles for communication rights within the broader context of human rights struggles in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this broad-based collection offers a rich range of illustrations of national, regional and global struggles to define communication rights as essential to huma...

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Group Author: Padovani, Claudia; Calabrese, Andrew
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137378309
Summary: Placing struggles for communication rights within the broader context of human rights struggles in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this broad-based collection offers a rich range of illustrations of national, regional and global struggles to define communication rights as essential to human needs and happiness.
'This book makes a significant and original contribution to an important and emerging research area. It is unique, broad and full of useful empirical evidence and first hand reflection. It delivers all of this in a highly readable, engaging form that will appeal to various levels of students and to non academic audiences.' - Jeremy Shtern, Ryerson University, Canada.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137378293, 2014.
Carrier Form: 384 p. : 4 ill.
ISBN: 9781137378309 :
1137378301 :
CLC: G206.3
Contents: List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Foreword-- Marjan de Bruin Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Communication Rights and Social Justice: Historical Accounts of Transnational Mobilizations-- Claudia Padovani and Andrew Calabrese PART I: COMMUNICATION STRUGGLES IN A GLOBALIZING CONTEXT 1. Communication Rights and the History of Ideas-- Cees Hamelink 2. Communication Rights and Media Justice between Political and Discursive Opportunities: A Historical Perspective-- Stefania Milan and Claudia Padovani 3. Living the New International Information Order-- Robert