TY - BOOK ID - 14464108 TI - Promoting independent media : strategies for democracy assistance PY - 2006 SN - 1588264297 1626370117 9781626370111 9781588264299 PB - Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - MASS MEDIA--POLITICAL ASPECTS KW - DEMOCRATIZATION KW - Mass media KW - Democracy. KW - Political aspects. KW - Self-government KW - Political science KW - Equality KW - Representative government and representation KW - Republics KW - Communication in politics KW - Democracy KW - Political aspects KW - Mass media Political aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14464108 AB - Krishna Kumar surveys the nature and significance of international aid designed to build and strengthen independent news media in support of democratization and development. Providing the first comprehensive coverage of media assistance programs, Kumar discusses the evolution, focus, and overall impact of a range of intervention strategies. He also presents seven in-depth case studies based on extensive USAID-sponsored fieldwork; here he examines the context, accomplishments, and failures of efforts in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Central America, Indonesia, Russia, Serbia, and Sierra Leone. A concluding chapter summarizes the findings of the study and suggests their important implications for international media assistance. ER -