Civic Engagement, Digital Networks, and Political Reform in Africa

Name: Civic Engagement, Digital Networks, and Political Reform in Africa
Author: O. Mudhai

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Gebonden, blz. | Engels

Palgrave Macmillan US | 2012

ISBN13: 9780230117921

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Palgrave Macmillan US e druk, 2012 9780230117921

Onderdeel van serie The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication

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Interest in the relationship between Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the context of electoral and change politics in Africa has intensified recently among donors, scholars, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). This book takes a critical look at claims, developments and initiatives linking CSOs, new media, and democracy. Based on research carried out among urban political non-governmental actors in Nairobi and Lusaka, and observations of trends in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, the author argues that ICTs enhance the efficiency and operations of CSOs and make it easier for them to overcome ideological and other state obstacles but that states still remain powerful controllers of key instruments of dominance thus making real impact of new media minimal.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9780230117921

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:gebonden

Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

Hoofdrubriek:Mens en maatschappij

Serie:The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication

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PART I: INTRODUCTION General Introduction: Civic Challenge of Ruling Elite via New Digital Media in Africa PART II: THE SETTING Private-Public Sphere: Civic Engagement, New Media, and Democracy Theory The 'Wave' and 'Spring' Metaphors in Networks' Struggle for Change Civic Engagement, the African State, and Political Reform Power and Influence in the Digital Age: New Challenges to State Hegemony PART III: CONTINENTAL TRENDS AND NETWORKS Platforms and Applications Diffusion: Civic Engagement and ICT Trends Identity and Issue Networks: New Media, Politics of Belonging and Change PART IV: A TALE OF TWO COUNTRIES - KENYA AND ZAMBIA La Luta Continua : Transition and Disillusionment in the 'Second Liberation' and the 'Third Republic' Civic Actors and the Struggle for Change: Precursors to New Social Movements in Kenya and Zambia Unmuzzling Old Dogs to Bark Anew Far and Wide Perceptions of Kenyan and Zambian Urban Civic Actors on their New Media Use In Political Realms PART V: CONCLUSION Civic Engagement, Digital Networks, and Political Reform in an Increasingly Open Digital Media Environment