Interrogating the Theory and Practice of Communication for Social Change

Pradip Ninan Thomas is Associate Professor and Head of the School of Journalism and Communication, The University of Queensland, Australia. He is a leading academic and renowned author in the areas of communication and social change, communication rights, religion and media and the political economy of communications in India. Elske van de Fliert is Associate Professor and Director at the Centre for Communication and Social Change, The University of Queensland, Australia. Previously she worked internationally for a range of organisations in research, development and teaching positions. Her main interests are in the areas of participatory communication and transdisciplinarity.

List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1. Revisiting CSC Theory 2. Revisiting CSC Practice 3. Participation in Theory and Practice 4. Communication, Power and Social Change 5. Agencies, Structures and Social Change 6. The IT Fix 7. The Making and Unmaking of CSC Policy 8. Complexity, Transdisciplinarity and CSC Strategy 9. Communication Rights and Social Change