Party Colonisation of the Media in Central and Eastern Europe

Péter Bajomi-Lázár

Published by Central European University Press 2014

Party Colonisation of the Media in Central and Eastern Europe

Péter Bajomi-Lázár

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789633860427

Overview
Contents

About this book

This book compares media and political systems in East-Central as well as in Western Europe in order to identify the reasons possibly responsible for the extensive and intensive party control over the media. This phenomenon is widely experienced in many of the former communist countries since the political transformation. The author argues that differences in media freedom and in the politicization of the news media are rooted in differences in party structures between old and new democracies, and, notably, the fact that young parties in the new members of the European Union are short of resources, which makes them more likely to take control of and to exploit media resources.

Author / Editor information

Bajomi-Lázár Péter :

Péter Bajomi-Lázár is Head of the Institute of Social Sciences at the Budapest Business School. He worked between 2009 and 2013 as a Senior Research Fellow on Media and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, a European Research Council project based at Oxford University.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. Political and Media Systems in Central and Eastern Europe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Hungary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3. Bulgaria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
4. Poland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
5. Romania Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
6. Slovenia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
7. Summary and conclusions: Veto Points in the System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Index of names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267

Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 282
Keywords: Eastern Europe; Democracy; Media politics; Media regulation; Political parties; Postcommunism

eBook

Published: July 1, 2014
ISBN: 9789633860427