New Academic Book Released
Media and Politics in Kurdistan: How Politics and Media are Locked in an Embrace, is the title of a peer reviewed book Published by Dr. Mohammedali Yaseen Taha, the Vice President for Adminstration, Finance and Student affairs of Nawroz University. Dr. Taha is also a lecturer at the department of Politics, college of Law and Politics.
The book, Media and Politics in Kurdistan, studies the relationship between the media and politics in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). KRI is approached as a case study, as an example of the struggle between authoritarian and democratization efforts at the same time. The book contributes towards understanding the dynamics of the media systems in the KRI and attempts to participate in the theoretical discussion of media and politics in this region. The research outcomes show which parts of the press, how many of them and for what length of time the press in the KRI has been owned/controlled by political parties. This book also studies the system of political parties and particularly as related to the press.
The book is published by Rowman and Littlefield publishers, under the series: Kurdish Societies, Politics, and International Relations.