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Communication for Development in the Third World: Theory and Practice for Empowerment

Srinivas Raj Melkote, H. Leslie Steeves

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Foreword Bella Mody Preface PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Introduction to Communication, Development and Empowerment in the Third World Evolution of the Theory and Practice of Development Communication PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE, MODERNIZATION THEORY AND COMMUNICATION The Enterprise of Modernization and the Dominant Discourse of Development Communication Approach in the Modernization of the Third World PART THREE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT Deconstructing the Dominant Paradigm of Development Critique of Communication Approaches in Third World Development PART FOUR: LIBERATION PERSPECTIVES ON DEVELOPMENT Liberation Theology and Development Communication and Spirituality in Development PART FIVE: COMMUNICATION AND EMPOWERMENT Communication Strategies for Empowerment Appendices Index

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Key concepts: Modernization theory, Development communication, Empowerment, Sociology, Engineering ethics, Political science, Social science, Engineering