Hamburg: Deutsches Übersee-Institut (2002), 524 pp.
"The press in transition" chronicles and evaluates the experiences of six press institutions in four markedly different media systems. The book adopts a comparative framing to explore press functioning worldwide, and to draw preliminary conclusions about the press in transition. At the heart of the
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study, however, is an up-close portrait of institutions and individuals. Adam Jones is a professor of International Studies at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of British Columbia." (Catalogue Deutsches Übersee Institut 2002)
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"Much research on urban development is supply-led - generated by the interests of donors and researchers in the North rather than the needs of poor households in the growing cities of the South, Communicating for Development focuses attention on the most fundamental of questions about development: h
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ow can the lessons of good practice and innovation and the results of research benefit the poor? The book offers in-depth discussion about how the communication process works - or doesn't work. It questions and challenges: who are the stakeholders; what are the best vehicles for transferring knowledge; why are local networks and intermediaries so important; what can hinder the communication process; and how may these gaps and barriers be overcome? Moreover, the book challenges traditional participatory methods of relating to the needs of poor urban communities and proposes instead the application of new communication and knowledge management methods currently used in business management." (Publisher description)
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Madrid; Frankfurt am Main; Aguascalientes: Iberoamericana;Vervuert;Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes (2001), 221 pp.
"Conjunto de entrevistas -y biofilmografías- con destacadas directoras mexicanas (María Novaro, Busi Cortés, Dana Rotberg, Eva López-Sánchez y Guita Schyfter), además de otras dos con Alfredo Joskowicz y Hugo Hiriart." (Descripción de la casa editorial)