|
books
[
new
& forthcoming | books
| articles
| columns
| blog
| in
progress ]
 |
RUSSIAN
MEDIA LAW AND POLICY IN THE YELTSIN DECADE: ESSAYS
AND DOCUMENTS (2002)
Published
by Kluwer Law International.
Edited
by Monroe E. Price,
Andrei Richter & Peter K. Yu
ISBN
90-411-8877-0
Hardback.
572 pp. + xiv |
Abstract
One
of the great transitions as the Soviet Union dissolved
involved the transformation of state broadcasting in
Russia and the newly independent states. This book deals
with the turmoil associated with struggles in Post-Soviet
Russia: struggles for journalistic editorial autonomy, the
bloody media wars between the Yeltsin government and the
Russian parliament, the role of the media in the 1993
coup, and the role of the United States, other governments
and non-government organizations in shaping the new media.
The story in which the media oscillates between
independence and renewed modes of control. The book
includes more than 200 pages of documents including
decisions and recommendations from the now-defunct
Judicial Chamber for Information Disputes, media statutes
and decrees, and reports and comments by the U.S. State
Department and other media watchdogs.
Preface
Table of Contents
Reviews
"Russian
Media Law and Policy in the Yeltsin Decade: Essays and
Documents offers an informed scrutiny of the trial and
error process that the media experienced in post-Soviet
Russia under Boris N. Yeltsin. . . . The book is an
informative discussion of freedom of the press during the
transition from a communist-controlled to a free press in
Russia in the 1990s. . . . [S]tudents and scholars in
international journalism, comparative media law, and press
freedom will find the book directly relevant. They
ought to consider using it as a supplementary text for
their journalism and mass communication classes in
expanding their critical discussion of press freedom
beyond the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution."
—
Prof. Kyu Ho Youm, Jonathan Marshall First
Amendment Chair, University of Oregon
"Published
under the series title 'Communications Law and Policy in
Transition', . . . this collection provides a history of
the fascinating, if troubled, relationship between state,
law and media in the early years of post-Soviet Russia. .
. . The publication of this collection usefully brings the
material to the attention of a wider public, and should
cause readers across Europe to reflect not only on the
troubled relationship between media and state in Russia,
but also in their own countries."
—
European Public Law, Sept. 2003
Order
Information
You
can order the book from:
[
new
& forthcoming | books
| articles
| columns
| blog
| in
progress ]
|
