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Author Lawson, Chappell H., 1967- author.

Title Building the fourth estate : democratization and the rise of a free press in Mexico / Chappell H. Lawson
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Illustrations; Tables; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Perfect Dictatorship; Chapter 3: Media Control under the Perfect Dictatorship; Chapter 4: Media Coverage under the Perfect Dictatorship; Chapter 5: Opening Mexico's Print Media; Chapter 6: Opening Mexico's Broadcast Media; Chapter 7: Media Opening and Civil Society in Mexico; Chapter 8: Media Opening, Scandal, and Regime Delegitimation; Chapter 9: Media Opening, Campaigns, and Elections; Chapter 10: Conclusions; Appendix: Data for Figures and Tables; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Based on an in-depth examination of Mexico's print and broadcast media over the last twenty-five years, this book is the most richly detailed account available of the role of the media in democratization, demonstrating the reciprocal relationship between changes in the press and changes in the political system
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-280) and index
Notes English
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Subject Government and the press -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
Freedom of the press -- Mexico
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
Freedom of the press
Government and the press
Massamedia.
Overheidsbeleid.
Politieke aspecten.
Mexico
Mexico.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520936201
0520936205
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9780585441276
9780520231702
0520231708
9780520231719
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9781597345156