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Press Freedom as an International Human Right

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Wiebke Lamer

    1. European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC), Venice, Italy

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  • 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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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Wiebke Lamer
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Case for Press Freedom as a Human Right

    • Wiebke Lamer
    Pages 17-44

  4. UNESCO, World Press Freedom Day and Beyond: The Marginal Place of Press Freedom at the UN

    • Wiebke Lamer
    Pages 45-70

  5. The Politics of Press Freedom

    • Wiebke Lamer
    Pages 71-99

  6. Non-state Actors and the Promotion of Press Freedom

    • Wiebke Lamer
    Pages 101-128

  7. Press Freedom in the Internet Age

    • Wiebke Lamer
    Pages 129-145

  8. Conclusion

    • Wiebke Lamer
    Pages 147-155

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 157-158
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About this book

This book examines why press freedom has not become part of the established international human rights debate, despite its centrality to democratic theory. It argues that an unrestricted press is not just an important economic actor, but also an influential power in the political process, a status that interferes with government interests of sustaining their own power and influence. Despite the popularity of ideational explanations in the field of human rights studies, in the case of promoting press freedom, considerations of power and strategic interests rather than ideas dominate state behavior. The author makes the case that the current place of press freedom in the human rights debate needs to be rethought not only in developing countries, but in liberal democracies as well.

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“This book makes a clear and strong case for press freedom sitting at the heart of human rights. At a time when we see an increase in autocracy and the jailing of journalists, when democratic rights are in retreat in many countries and the media being politicised as a means of control this is a hugely important and timely book.” (Richard Sambrook, Cardiff University, UK)

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  • European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC), Venice, Italy

    Wiebke Lamer

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Wiebke Lamer is Fellow at the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) in Venice, Italy.

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