Historical guide to world media freedom : a country-by-country analysis / / Jenifer Whitten-Woodring, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Douglas A. Van Belle, Victoria University of Wellington

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786531403321
• Autore: Whitten-Woodring Jenifer
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Los Angeles : , : CQ Press, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-4833-5986-7; 1-78402-546-1; 1-4522-3422-1; 1-4522-3421-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 575 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Gale eBooks
• Disciplina: 323.445
• Soggetti: Freedom of the press; Government and the press; Mass media - Censorship; Censorship; Freedom of expression
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: HISTORICAL GUIDE TO WORLD MEDIA FREEDOM-FRONT COVER; HISTORICAL GUIDE TO WORLD MEDIA FREEDOM; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: DEFINING AND MEASURING MEDIA FREEDOM; CHAPTER 3: THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CORRELATES OF MEDIA FREEDOM; CHAPTER 4. THE EVOLUTION (AND DEVOLUTION) OF MEDIA FREEDOM SINCE WORLD WAR II: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION: CHALLENGES TO MEDIA FREEDOM AND PATTERNS IN ITS EVOLUTION AND DEVOLUTION; APPENDIX A: MEDIA FREEDOM REGION BY REGION; APPENDIX B: THE GLOBAL MEDIA FREEDOM DATASET: DATA GATHERING METHODS, GUIDELINES FOR USING THE DATA, AND MERGING THE DATA WITH FREEDOM HOUSE DATAINDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Scholars of international relations and international communications view the extent of media freedom from country to country as a key ; comparative indicator either by itself or in correlation with other indices of national political and economic development. This book provides consistent and comparable measures of media freedom in all independent countries for the years 1948 to the present.

A Europe Apart : History and Politics of European Monetary Integration

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910411916603321
• Autore: Roberto Di Quirico
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: European Press Academic Publishing (EPAP), 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: This book combines history and political analysis of monetary integration in the European Union (EU) and discusses the main consequences of the euro on both member states' domestic politics and the EU's institutions and policies.