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The news media and the state are locked in a battle of wills in the world's emerging democratic states. It is a struggle that will determine whether or not democracy flourishes or withers in the 21st century. Using a number of case studies, including South Africa, this book evaluates what is at stake.

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'This timely book challenges conventional thinking and will become a touchstone for future theorising and policy making. Integrating the personal, the professional and the political, Hadland provides an essential investigation of the relationship of media and state in post-authoritarian states.' - Martin D. Conboy, University of Sheffield, UK 'A book to understand the contradictory and ambiguous relations between the State and the news media in emerging democracies. With his idea of Acquisitive State, based not just on scientific literature but also on his personal experience, Hadland offers a new and stimulating perspective on one of the major problems of contemporary democratisation processes.' - Paolo Mancini, University of Perugia, Italy 'Hadland's book widens the debates about the relationship between media and state in transitional countries by offering insights from outside the Western world. His comparative perspective and emphasis on experiences in the South makes an important contribution to the literature on media and democracy in a global context.' - Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Adrian Hadland is a former political journalist who is currently the Director of Journalism at the University of Stirling. Educated at the Universities of Oxford, Cape Town and the Witwatersrand, he has published 17 books on topics ranging from political biographies and research monographs to children's books and anthologies of autobiographical writing.

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