Overview

As media corporations continue to merge, we are moving towards an ever more commercially driven system of global information. How does this impact upon the security of ordinary citizens? Peter Wilkin addresses this question and highlights the limitations of conventional views on communication and security. He emphasizes that autonomy, as an aspect of human security, depends upon the ability of citizens around the world to gain information about the institutions and processes that serve to shape their lives. In this respect, autonomy and communication are inherently linked and are prerequisites for the etsbalishment of meaningful democratic systems. Wilkin argues that the continuing shift in control of communication provides an increasingly powerful obstacle to human autonomy. The author reviews the changes in global communication and details the alternative responses to them.

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Author:   Peter Wilkin
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780745314013

ISBN 10:   0745314015
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   20 September 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction. Fulfilling the Enlightenment? Attaining Human Security. 1. The triumph of democracy and freedom. Political change after the Cold War. a) The privatisation of the State b) The Legitimacy of Human Intervention under the guise of Humanitarian intervention c) The Spread of a technical elite led political processes 2. Global capitalism and the end of history. a) The enhanced mobility and accumulation of Capital b) The Diminution of the Rights of Working People c) Free trade, Protectionism and Uneven development in world Order 3. Global order and cultural freedom. a) The Rise of a Global Communications Industry b) Capitalism, Neo-Liberalism and the Privatisation of Culture c) Culture Ideology and Political Power. Conclusion: Perverting the Enlightenment? Resistance and change in world order.

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Peter Wilkin is a reader in Communication and Media at Brunel University and has written a number of books on international relations.

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