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Civic engagement, digital networks, and political reform in Africa
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Civic engagement, digital networks, and political reform in Africa / Okoth Fred Mudhai.
ISBN
9780230117921 (alk. paper)
0230117929 (alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Physical Description
xx, 259 p. ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 04, 2013
Series
Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. Introduction
1. General introduction: Civic challenge of ruling elite via new digital media in Africa
Part II. The setting
2. Private-public sphere: civic engagement, new media and democracy theory
3. The "wave" and "spring" metaphors in networks' struggle for change
4. Civic engagement, the African state and political reform
5. Power and influence in the digital age: new challenges to state hegemony
Part III. Continental trends and networks
6. Platforms and applications diffusion: civic engagement and ICT trends
7. Identity and issue networks: new media, politics of belonging and change
Part IV. A tale of two countries
Kenya and Zambia
8. La luta continua: transition and disillusionment in the "second liberation" and the "third republic"
9. Civic actors and the struggle for change: precursors to new social movements in Kenya and Zambia
10. Unmuzzling old dogs to bark anew far and wide
11. Perceptions of Kenyan and Zambian urban civic actors on their new media use in political realms
Part V. Conclusion
12. Civic engagement, digital networks and political reform in an increasingly open digital media environment.
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