This Second Edition of Communication for Development in the Third World builds on the framework provided by the earlier edition. However, this edition is organized conceptually where the first edition was organized historically. It is updated to include the literature on development and communications from the 1990s and integrate it with the theory and practice of development communication. Praise for the First Edition: 'The book's worthiness as an excellent decade-by-decade analysis of the theory and practice of DC by a Third World scholar who has not only learnt about problems of development from books but has experienced them. No school is better than the school of life. The book is an excellent study' - Media Development

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Introduction to Communication, Development and Empowerment in the Third World Evolution of the Theory and Practice of Development Communication PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE, MODERNIZATION THEORY AND COMMUNICATION The Enterprise of Modernization and the Dominant Discourse of Development Communication Approach in the Modernization of the Third World PART THREE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT Deconstructing the Dominant Paradigm of Development Critique of Communication Approaches in Third World Development PART FOUR: LIBERATION PERSPECTIVES ON DEVELOPMENT Liberation Theology and Development Communication and Spirituality in Development PART FIVE: COMMUNICATION AND EMPOWERMENT Communication Strategies for Empowerment