Opening up 'Illiberal' Regimes: do media and communications matter?

19/05/2009 1h 24min
Opening up 'Illiberal' Regimes: do media and communications matter?

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Contributor(s): Professor Mary Kaldor, Dr Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Rita Payne, Dr Maung Zarni | Even in closed authoritarian systems, or 'illiberal' regimes, spaces exist for civil society activity, debate, and networking. Accelerated by globalisation, this process is enabled by diverse actors using traditional and new communications tools, often challenging the status quo.