Citizenship, Democracies, and Media Engagement among Emerging Economies and Marginalized Communities
This volume analyzes the contexts in which emerging economies in Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Middle East, and Asia can chart their socioeconomic futures through progressive democratic practices and media engagement. Using politic
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Citizenship, Democracies, and Media Engagement among Emerging Economies and Marginalized Communities
Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi Editor
Citizenship, Democracies, and Media Engagement among Emerging Economies and Marginalized Communities
Editor Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi Independent Scholar Elizabeth City, NC USA
ISBN 978-3-319-56214-8 ISBN 978-3-319-56215-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56215-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017937292 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Cover by Sam Johnson Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
The world has witnessed the rapid emergence of regional organizations, the rise of individualism, increasing social media use playing a pivotal role in stopping dictatorial regimes and the election of new governments, and extreme advances in technology facilitating the strengthening of local economies, especially within the first 10 years of the twenty-first century. The widespread uses of the internet have granted citizens around the world unprecedented electronic access to alternative media and c ommunication resources and have given rise to regionalization, particularly in the global South where bureaucratic and dictatorial regimes had restricted access to normal ways of living. The information and communication technology (ICT) breakthrough has sowed the seeds for future control of political and economic systems inside the new nation
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