21st Century Socialism: Making a State for Revolution
The Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela has built mass organizations of workers and communities that have erratically challenged class and market relations—verifying that taking political power is difficult but essential to fundamental social change and that capitalist cultural practices complic...
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Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
2012-05-01
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| description | The Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela has built mass organizations of workers and communities that have erratically challenged class and market relations—verifying that taking political power is difficult but essential to fundamental social change and that capitalist cultural practices complicate the revolutionary process. This work identifies components of state power, separating state apparatus (government) as a crucial site for instituting social change. The case of democratic, participatory communication and public media access is presented as central to the successes and problems of Venezuelan 21st century socialism. Drawing on field research in community media in Caracas, the essay highlights some of the politico-cultural challenges and class contradictions in producing and distributing cultural values and social practices for a new socialist hegemony necessary for fundamental social change. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2dcdb8ea476c44d587b5ff11af3430662023-08-02T02:17:44ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X1726-670X2012-05-0110253755410.31269/triplec.v10i2.40540521st Century Socialism: Making a State for RevolutionLee Artz0Purdue University, Department of CommunicationThe Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela has built mass organizations of workers and communities that have erratically challenged class and market relations—verifying that taking political power is difficult but essential to fundamental social change and that capitalist cultural practices complicate the revolutionary process. This work identifies components of state power, separating state apparatus (government) as a crucial site for instituting social change. The case of democratic, participatory communication and public media access is presented as central to the successes and problems of Venezuelan 21st century socialism. Drawing on field research in community media in Caracas, the essay highlights some of the politico-cultural challenges and class contradictions in producing and distributing cultural values and social practices for a new socialist hegemony necessary for fundamental social change.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/405community mediapublic mediastatestate powerparticipatory communicationsocial changehegemonyculturerevolutionclassclass conflict |
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| title | 21st Century Socialism: Making a State for Revolution |
| title_full | 21st Century Socialism: Making a State for Revolution |
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| title_sort | 21st century socialism making a state for revolution |
| topic | community media public media state state power participatory communication social change hegemony culture revolution class class conflict |
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