Political-Mass Media-Racial Complex in Guyana (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761838739)

The new millennium juxtaposes different generations who were witnesses to the genesis of turmoil in Guyana. Since the year 1992, in which democracy returned to Guyana, opposition elements continue to be unreceptive to electoral defeats. The disinclination to concede electoral loss since 1992 has become a normative historical behavior in the Guyanese context. International observers have validated the four national elections in 1992, 1997, 2001, and 2006 as being free, fair, and transparent. Today, electoral defeat has a relationship with the infamous political/mass media/racial complex that constantly pursues the destabilization of the state and undermines nation-building. Essentially, this complex is a community of irrationality, engaging in a persistent dissemination of despair.

This book focuses on politics, media, and race. The two main objectives of the work are: demonstrating the modus operandi and the dysfunctional consequences of this community of irrationality through the political/mass media/racial complex, and showing the rational behaviors that have held the society together since 1992. In the interest of building a strong nation, it may be useful to work toward a transformation of this community of irrationality to a community of rationality.

Author: Prem Misir
ISBN-10: 0761838732
ISBN-13: 9780761838739
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2007
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.91h x 6.06w x 0.42d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 99