"Citizens’ Voice and Accountability (CV&A) work has emerged as a priority in the international development agenda from the 1990s onwards. In their CV&A work, donors recognise the importance of context: it shapes relation to that context. However, context awareness has not proven sufficient to enab
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le donors to grapple with key challenges posed by the interaction between formal and informal institutions, the prevalence of the latter over the former in many instances, and underlying power relations and dynamics. Some examples of positive impact of CV&A interventions have emerged from the interventions analysed for this study. This is mostly at the level of positive citizen awareness, empowering certain marginalised groups, and encouraging state officials. However, within the sample analysed, such impact/effects have remained limited and isolated, and have so far proven difficult to scale up. A critical factor leading to the observed limited nature of results is related to the fact that donor expectations as to what such work can achieve are too high, and are based on misguided assumptions around the nature of voice and accountability, and the linkages between the two. There is a tension between the long-term processes of transforming state-society relations and donors’ needs/desires to produce quick results. Scaling up sustainability are also issues not currently sufficiently addressed within intervention design and implementation." (Executive summary, page v)
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"La idea tras esta publicación es presentar un panorama de la situación vigente en libertad de expresión y de prensa, y de libre acceso a la información en América Latina. Con este fin, invitamos a periodistas, comunicadores, académicos e intelectuales líderes de toda la región a aportar art
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ículos, algunos con enfoque regional y otros con perspectiva nacional. Nuestro objetivo es reforzar la comprensión y apoyo de estas libertades, como punto de referencia de dónde estamos y también a dónde necesitamos llegar. Este libro está publicándose además como aporte latinoamericano a la conmemoración del Día Mundial de Libertad de Prensa para 2008." (Introducción, página 28)
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"This publication focuses on unique communication-centered approaches to social change and introduces basic concepts, strategies and theories supporting edutainment strategies to foster social change and social movement building. It provides examples of how the organizations have used edutainment st
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rategies, describing challenges, lessons learned and insights for the future, especially related to strategic planning and evaluation. It also provides references for where to find more information or who to seek for further advice on the design and implementation of these approaches." (Foreword)
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"This book compares rebel media use in three Mesoamerican rebellions: the Nicaraguan Revolution, the Salvadoran civil war and the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico. Directly comparing media use in all three rebellions provides a richer understanding of the role of media in social change, particu
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larly violent change." (Publisher description)
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"El presente Manual de Periodismo aborda aspectos básicos importantes sobre el ejercicio de esta profesión. Tiene como finalidad proporcionar información pertinente que sirva de guía y material didáctico en el estudio de las materias relacionadas con el Periodismo, de tal manera que el usuario
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de este libro conozca y aprenda de manera sencilla y práctica los tópicos que aquí se presentan. Este manual incluye conceptos, lecturas didácticas, textos de opinión y preguntas de autoevaluación sobre las diversas materias que contiene. Todo ello con el propósito de que el lector pueda entender y comprender de forma clara los temas que se presentan en cada capítulo. Además de motivarlo a reflexionar e investigar más acerca de la temática abordada." (Preambulo, página 7)
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"Der Band präsentiert ca. 500 Farbplakate aus dem befreiten Nicaragua zwischen 1979 und 1990 und der internationalen Solidaritätsbewegung. Sie sind so bunt wie das Spektrum ihrer Gestalter, vielfältig in ihren Stilen, eindeutig in ihren politischen und sozialen Botschaften. Die Sammlung wird erg
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nzt durch Texte prominenter AutorInnen aus Nicaragua und anderen Ländern, die durch das revolutionäre Projekt verbunden waren. Darunter sind Ernesto Cardenal, Sergio Ramirez, Dora Maria Tellez, Orlando Nuñez. Sie werfen einen Blick auf den emanzipatorischen Prozess und fragen, was es kritisch aufzuarbeiten gilt und was in neuen Formen weiterentwickelt werden kann. Der Band ist somit ein eindrucksvolles Dokument eines großen Emanzipationsversuchs. Die Hoffnung auf Befreiung war in Nicaragua Triebkraft weitreichender Veränderungen. Davon zeugen die Bilder und Texte dieses Buches." (Klappentext)
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"An increase in the information related to children and adolescents provided by the media has been observed in Nicaragua in the past five years. But when children and adolescents occupy a predominant place in the media it is because they appear linked to acts of physical, psychological or sexual vio
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lence against them, their families or the community where they live. A focus on denunciation predominates in these reports, but without contemplating the path of attention or solution - in other words, censure without a human rights perspective." (Results, page 2)
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"This book has been written as a tool for people involved or interested in communication and natural resource management who seek a better understanding of how different theories and strategic change principles relate to actual practise. It is not, however, a book of theory nor is it an argument for
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one approach over another. Instead, it relates a variety of theories and change principles in simplified, almost schematic form, to a series of real initiatives in the field through interactive «experiences». It asks that the reader become a participant in a process that requires reading and analysing each initiative using different theoretical lenses. Each «experience» is organised around a theme, a learning objective, a description of an actual natural resource management and communication initiative, and one or two theoretical lenses through which to analyse the initiative. As you work through each «experience», you will be asked questions about the theory and change principles and how they relate to the initiative. The idea is not to «discover» the right approach but rather to create an interactive space that enables you to reflect on what might work in your own context and also on how different contexts may require different approaches, principles and theoretical frameworks." (Introduction)
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"In these two volumes, readers will find comparative, in-depth essays on the press systems of 232 countries and/or territories. World Press Encyclopedia (WPE) is unique and valuable to users because, in addition to essays on each country’s press system, WPE also contains custommade graphs and stat
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istical tables, as well as regional maps, useful appendices, and an extensive index. This comprehensive, authoritative source of information allows for easy comparison between essays with a standard format or set of “rubrics” used whenever possible (see section titled “Essay Components”). Each essay also features basic data information—such as official country name, literacy rate, language(s), and number of daily newspapers—clearly marked with headings at the beginning of each entry. Additionally, WPE’s contributors include scholars, professionals, and educators from across the United States and around the world; each essay has a byline. Although this is the second edition, WPE has been completely reconceptualized and 100 percent revised from the first edition, which was published in 1982." (Introduction)
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