Media Politics and Democracy in Palestine: Political Culture, Pluralism and the Palestinian Authority

by Amal Jamal

In opposition to the PA, liberal as well as Islamic social forces promote policies of protest and resistance, through media tools, against the authoritarian policies of the PA. The media is viewed as a public sphere in which these forces compete. Media institutions play an important role in setting the parameters of communication in processes of state building: promoting public debate and forming public spheres influence the modes of statecivil society...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845196430
• ISBN13: 9781845196431
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 210 Pages