---

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.

---

Introduction PART I: EMERGING DEMOCRACIES 1. Dancing with Democracy 2. Key Features of Media-State Relations in Emerging Democracies 3. Media-state Relations in South Africa 4. Media-state Relations in China PART II: THE ACQUISITIVE STATE 5. The Rise of the State 6. The Acquisitive State 7. Contesting the ´National Discourse´: Power, Ideology and Media-State Relations in the 21st Century 8. Conclusion: The Fall and Rise of Journalism

---

"I recommend it be read. Faculty teaching an international media course or a politics and media course would find it beneficial. It also can serve as an important reminder to aspiring journalists in the United States and other Western democratic nations that doing independent journalism is dangerous in many nations." (Anthony Moretti, JMC Quarterly - Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 93 (1), 2016)

---

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.

---