Communication Rights and Social Justice

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

Sally Burch, Agencia Latinoamericana de Información -ALAI, EcuadorAndrew Calabrese, University of Colorado, USAPaula Chakravartty , New York University, USADonatella della Ratta, Harvard University, USAMargaret Gallagher, researcher and writerSeeta Pena Ganghdaran, New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, USACees Hamelink, University of Amsterdam, NetherlandsDorothy Kidd, University of San Francisco, CaliforniaAysha Mawani, McGill University, CanadaStefania Milan, Tilburg University, NetherlandsLorenzo Mosca, University of Roma Tre, ItalyClaudia Padovani, University of Padova, ItalyMarc Raboy, McGill University, CanadaRoberto Savio, Inter Press Service Savatore Scifo, Maltepe University, TurkeyAnnabelle Sreberny, SOAS, University of London, UKIngela Svedin, Swedish delegate at the OECD/DAC Pradip Thomas, University of Queensland, AustraliaAugusto Valeriani, University of Bologna, Italy