TY - BOOK AU - Melkote,Srinivas R. AU - Steeves,H.Leslie TI - Communication for development in the Third World: theory and practice for empowerment SN - 0761994750 AV - HD76 .M45 2001 U1 - 338.90091724 21 PY - 2001/// CY - New Delhi, Thousand Oaks, CA PB - Sage Publications KW - Communication in economic development KW - Developing countries KW - Communication en d©♭veloppement ©♭conomique - Pays en voie de d©♭veloppement KW - Economic policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-408) and index; I: Introduction and overview -- Introduction to communication, development, and empowerment in the third world -- Evolution of the theory and practice of development communication -- II: 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 -- III: Critical perspectives on communication and development -- Deconstructing the dominant paradigm of development -- Critique of communication approaches in third world development -- IV: Liberation perspectives on development -- Liberation theology and development -- Communication and spirituality in development -- V: Communication and empowerment -- Communication strategies for empowerment N2 - "This completely revised edition builds on the framework provided by the earlier text. It traces the history of development communication, presents and critiques diverse approaches and their proponents, and provides ideas and models for development communication in the new century". --Publisher ER -