Melkote, Srinivas R.

Communication for development in the third world: theory and practice for empowerment/ Srinivas R. Melkote and H. Leslie Steeves - 2nd ed. - New Delhi: Sage, 2001. - 422 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

I: Introduction and overview --
Introduction to communication, development, and empowerment in the third world --
Evolution of the theory and practice of development communication --
II: Development discourse, modernization theory, and communication --
The enterprise of modernization and the dominant discourse of development --
Communication approach in the modernization of the third world --
III: Critical perspectives on communication and development --
Deconstructing the dominant paradigm of development --
Critique of communication approaches in third world development --
IV: Liberation perspectives on development --
Liberation theology and development --
Communication and spirituality in development --
V: Communication and empowerment --
Communication strategies for empowerment.

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