This book develops an approach to international political economy that focuses on culture. It examines Chilean communication scholarship as it developed under shifting political regimes and changing international political economic relations. The book explains the importance of agency and culture in the political processes of building and challenging transnational hegemony, emphasizing the role of intellectuals.
Autorentext
MATT DAVIES is Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University USA. Previously, he was a Visiting Professor at Wabash College. His research concerns focus on culture in the international political economy, with a regional focus on Latin America.
Zusammenfassung
In order to grasp the political economic processes of the construction of transnational hegemony, the actions of both dominant and subordinate actors in the international system have to be studied. Indeed, hegemony is best understood as a form of political struggle. In the time since Chilean intellectuals began to study mass communication systematically, Chile has experienced transnational hegemony, its breaking down under a challenge from Chile's popular classes, a passive revolution in the form of military dictatorship, and reinsertion into a neoliberal transnational hegemony. The contributions of these intellectuals have not only been conditioned by these political events, but the intellectuals themselves have also contributed to creating political possibilities for Chile, both for and against hegemony. This intellectual history examines the relations between the efforts of Chilean scholars to understand their field and protect their professional autonomy, and to support struggles against hegemony.
Inhalt
Foreword by Stephen Gill Preface List of Acronyms Map of Chile Introduction Origins of the Scientific Study of Mass Communications in Chile: 1958-1967 Challenges to the Chilean Regime and Critical Mass Communication Studies: 1967-1973 Repression and Resistance: 1973-1990 Conclusion: Present and Future in Chilean Communications Studies Endnotes Bibliography Index