Using examples of media from a range of countries in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa including Uruguay, Poland, China, Indonesia, Jordan and Uganda, Media Reform considers the social and cultural implications of a free and independent media.

Monroe E. Price, Beata Rozumilowicz, Stefaan G. Verhulst

List of tables, List of contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 Democratic change: a theoretical perspective, 2 China: media liberalization under authoritarianism, 3 Uzbekistan, 4 Indonesia: media and the end of authoritarian rule, 5 Bosnia-Hercegovina and post-conflict media restructuring, 6 Media reform in Jordan: the stop-go transition, 7 The partial transition: Ukraine's post-communist media, 8 The current state of media reform in Uganda, 9 The disenfranchised voter: silences and exclusions in Indian media, 10 Media in transition: the case of Poland, 11 Media reform in Uruguay: a case study in mature transition, 12 Conclusion, Index