Elections and the Media in Post-Conflict Africa Votes and Voices for Peace?

Name: Elections and the Media in Post-Conflict Africa Votes and Voices for Peace?
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ISBN: 9781780320182

ISBN-10: 1780320183

ISBN-13: 9781780320182

Edition: 2011

Authors: Marie-Soleil Frere

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Over the past ten years, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Chad, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville and Rwanda all organized pluralist elections in a post conflict context, having experienced an armed conflict which either interrupted or prevented democratization processes. These polls were organized with the support of the international community, which viewed them as a crucial step in the peace-building process. The local media's role throughout has been to ensure that an electoral process is actually 'free and fair' - a role that becomes even more crucial in countries where the media have previously being perceived as warmongers or peace-builders in the conflicts.Giving…

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 9/8/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.13" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Tables


Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


Note on currency


Introduction: new votes and new voices



Elections and the media in Central Africa: stakes and challenges



The preparatory phase: the media's pre-election commitments



The media during the election campaign



From polling day to the results


General conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index