Overview
- Addresses the lack of attention given to the status of press freedom from a political science perspective
- Provides a detailed analysis of the status of press freedom within the global human rights debate and differentiates between the concept of press freedom and freedom of expression
- Highlights the threat that the idea of press freedom and its promotion faces from all states, even from liberal democracies
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Keywords
- International Human Rights Legislation
- Press Freedom as Human Right
- Freedom of Speech in the 21st Century
- Civil Rights in Modern Democracies
- Journalism under authoritarian regimes
- infringements on freedom of the press
- international promotion and protection of human rights
- United Nations and press freedom
- democracy
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Book Title: Press Freedom as an International Human Right
Authors: Wiebke Lamer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76508-2
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76507-5Published: 08 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76508-2Published: 27 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 158
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Democracy, Comparative Politics, Human Rights, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Journalism, International Organization