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The Bretton Woods School of Development communication as an 'agent' of modernisation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-81).
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| author | Van Zyl, Jeanri-Tine |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11602 The Bretton Woods School of Development communication as an 'agent' of modernisation in Sub-Saharan Africa Van Zyl, Jeanri-Tine Akokpari, John International Relations Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-81). A literature study invetigating the role of communication within the Bretton Woods School of Development Communication as an agent to achieve social and economical change in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study presents social and economic change as intended outcomes of modernisation as supported by this school of thought. It grapples with Western modernisation discourse that was advanced by Bretton Woods institutions as well as the instruments of communication (media) applied to achieve the intended developmental outcomes. It suggests that the presumed lack of modernisation in Sub-Saharan Africa is based on subjective development criteria and the applicability of ineffective communication and governance methods that failed to consider the region's cultural and socio-economic diversity. In a postmodern world, the study suggests that there should be a gradual move away from the Bretton Woods School of Development Communication-thought and that the focus should rather be to enable the region to establish communication, development and governance models that are African in character. 2015-01-06T18:47:59Z 2015-01-06T18:47:59Z 2008 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11602 eng application/pdf Department of Political Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
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| title | The Bretton Woods School of Development communication as an 'agent' of modernisation in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | The Bretton Woods School of Development communication as an 'agent' of modernisation in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Bretton Woods School of Development communication as an 'agent' of modernisation in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | The Bretton Woods School of Development communication as an 'agent' of modernisation in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | bretton woods school of development communication as an agent of modernisation in sub saharan africa |
| topic | International Relations |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11602 |
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