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Communication rights, liberalism and the good life

In: Handbook of Media and Communication Governance

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  • Andrew Calabrese

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This chapter provides an historical perspective on communication rights advocacy. It shows how liberal political theory has been central to animating communication rights activism, and it contextualizes those efforts within the larger framework of human rights discourse, activism and policy. It also shows how liberalism’s procedural preoccupation with rights-as-means neglects the articulation and pursuit of coherent political ends, leaving liberal institutions vulnerable to illiberal tendencies. The article argues for the necessity to foreground communication rights activism with the fundamental question about the anticipated ends they will serve, and how and why that focus will benefit society.

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  • Andrew Calabrese, 2024. "Communication rights, liberalism and the good life," Chapters, in: Manuel Puppis & Robin Mansell & Hilde Van den Bulck (ed.), Handbook of Media and Communication Governance, chapter 26, pages 343-357, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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