Press Freedom as an International Human Right (eBook)

Wiebke Lamer (Autor)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2018
XVII, 158 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783319765082 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines why press freedom has not become part of the established international human rights debate, despite its centrality to democratic theory. It argues that an unrestricted press is not just an important economic actor, but also an influential power in the political process, a status that interferes with government interests of sustaining their own power and influence. Despite the popularity of ideational explanations in the field of human rights studies, in the case of promoting press freedom, considerations of power and strategic interests rather than ideas dominate state behavior. The author makes the case that the current place of press freedom in the human rights debate needs to be rethought not only in developing countries, but in liberal democracies as well.

Wiebke Lamer is Fellow at the European Inter-University Centre of Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) in Venice, Italy.

Autor

Wiebke Lamer is Fellow at the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) in Venice, Italy.

Inhalt

1. Introduction2. The Case for Press Freedom as a Human Right3. UNESCO, World Press Freedom Day and Beyond: The Marginal Place of Press Freedom at the UN4. The Politics of Press Freedom5. Non-State Actors and the Promotion of Press Freedom6. Press Freedom in the Internet Age7. Conclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.2.2018
• Zusatzinfo: XVII, 158 p. 5 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Schlagworte: Civil Rights in Modern Democracies • Democracy • Freedom of Speech in the 21st Century • infringements on freedom of the press • International Human Rights Legislation • international promotion and protection of human rights • Journalism under authoritarian regimes • Press Freedom as Human Right • United Nations and press freedom
• ISBN-13: 9783319765082 / 9783319765082