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Political economy of media transformation in South Africa, edited by Anthony Olorunnisola and Keyan G. Tomaselli, New Jersey, Hampton Press, 2011, 314 pp., £27.50, ISBN 9781572739918 The political ...

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An analysis of the experience of Ghana and Zambia in operating structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) illustrates well the debate taking place on the appropriateness of these programmes in the ...

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The growing literature on Islamophobia is dominated by empirical studies, the analysis of media representations and socio-psychological approaches, while many of these studies have been valuable in ...

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