Title: Communication rights and social justice : historical accounts of transnational mobilizations /
Authors: Calabrese, Andrew, 1956-; Padovani, Claudia,
Year: 2014
Subjects: Communication in social action History.; Communication in politics History.; Social change History; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.; Communication in politics; Communication in social action; Social change; Communication in politics.; Communication in social action.; Social change.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Political activism.; Political control & freedoms.; Social discrimination & inequality.; History of ideas.; Political activism.; Political control & freedoms.; Social discrimination & equal treatment.; History of ideas.; Society.
Abstract: "Communication Rights and Social Justice offers historical perspectives on struggles to use the instruments of state and political participation - power, inter-governmental treaties and declarations, and various forms of political advocacy and protest politics - to articulate the concept of communication as a fundamental right. The contributions make up an intergenerational and multi-vocal dialogue. Different generations of scholars, activists and practitioners, who have been engaged with mobilizations at different times, present their views; some adopt a more academic style, others reflect autobiographically on personal experiences. The collection acknowledges the plural geo-cultural roots that compose what have eventually become a network of transnational mobilization dynamics that are increasingly global, digitally mediated, multi-stakeholder and faced by new and forthcoming challenges. It makes an original and welcome contribution to understanding a vital history that will only grow in worldwide importance"--