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Talkative Polity : Radio, Domination, and Citizenship in Uganda /

Until they were banned in 2009, the radio debates called Ugandan People's Parliaments gave common folk a forum to air their views. But how do people talk about politics in an authoritarian regime? The forms and parameters of such speech turn out to be more complex than a simple confrontation be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brisset-Foucault, Florence, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Until they were banned in 2009, the radio debates called Ugandan People's Parliaments gave common folk a forum to air their views. But how do people talk about politics in an authoritarian regime? The forms and parameters of such speech turn out to be more complex than a simple confrontation between an oppressive state and a liberal civil society.
Physical Description:1 online resource (344 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780821446669