Political and Military Sociology by Neovi M. Karakatsanis

Author:Neovi M. Karakatsanis [Karakatsanis, Neovi M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Medieval, Political Science, History & Theory, International Relations, General, Social Science, Sociology
ISBN: 9781412842808
Google: 5i85mQEACAAJ
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2011-11-15T01:30:14+00:00

The Media and Democracy in Southern Africa: A Look at the Literature

While, as Kunczik (2001) argues, democracy is a very vague concept—one around which an intensive debate (regarding what democracy is and how to achieve and maintain it) has persisted since, at least, the American and French Revolutions—in this article I adopt Gasiorowski and Power’s definition of democracy. Thus, democracy is a

type of political regime in which (a) meaningful and extensive competition exists among individuals and organized groups for all effective positions of government at regular intervals and excluding the use of force; (b) a highly inclusive level of political participation exists in the selection of leaders and policies, such that no major (adult) social group is excluded; and (c) a sufficient level of civil and political liberties exist to ensure the integrity of political competition and participation (Gasiorowski and Power 1998: 741).

In the context of southern Africa, Berger maintains that in practice democracy means

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