'freedom of information' Category

  • Dec
    28
    2006

    Countries that need to fix their media systems

    I’ve been doing some research for a term paper on comparing democracies. Using Coppedge and Reinicke’s Polyarchy and Contestation data-set, I’ve identified those countries which would be perfect polyarchies were it not for their media systems, where government information is privileged. They are:

    Albania
    Botswana
    Cape Verde
    Croatia
    Dominican Republic
    Ecuador
    Guyana
    Honduras
    Israel and the occupied territories
    Kiribati
    Mauritius
    Mexico
    Namibia
    Panama
    Ukraine

    These countries are doing something right. That’s [...]

 
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