Book Review: Community Radio Policies in South Asia by Preeti Raghunath

  • Padmaja Shaw Osmania University, Department of Communication and Journalism, College of Arts and Social Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31269/triplec.v19i1.1249
Keywords: Community radio, South Asia, deliberative policy ecology, political economy, media policy

Abstract

Padmaja Shaw reviews “Community Radio Policies in South Asia” by Preeti Raghunath. Raghunath applies “deliberative policy ecology approach” to study how policy frameworks evolved in four South Asian nations, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Raghunath argues that the “deliberative policy ecology approach” is rooted in emancipatory politics that brings in the stakeholders at the bottom of the policy food chain. Raghunath’s intricate map of policy formulation in post-colonial societies is an engaging revelation of the continued contradictions between the developmentalist instincts of the state and the push of grassroots voices to claim their legitimate space in decision making.

Author Biography

Padmaja Shaw, Osmania University, Department of Communication and Journalism, College of Arts and Social Sciences
Professor Dept. of Communication and Journalism Osmania University
Published
2021-02-07
Issue
Vol 19 No 1 (2021)
Section
Reflections (Non Peer-Reviewed)

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