Government Communication Cases and Challenges

Government communication is a curiously neglected area of discursive analysis. No considered examination of the subject exists which provides either an account of the contemporary governmental landscape or an explanation of the common and divergent themes on both a domestic and international basis. This volume aims to fill that gap, providing a concise and illuminating case study based review of government communication. It will be divided into three sections to reflect differences in both geography and political allegiances, scrutinizing continental Europe, Anglo-American traditions and newly emerging democracies. Offering a global and thematic account, it is an indispensable resource for all students of political communication.

Karen Sanders is Professor in the Faculty of Communication and Humanities, San Pablo CEU University, Madrid, Spain. She is also visiting lecturer at the University of Navarra, Spain, and teaches on their MA in Political and Corporate Communication run jointly with George Washington University, USA. María José Canel is Professor in Political Communication and Public Relations at the University Complutense of Madrid, Spain, Vice President of the Section in Political Communication of the International Association for Mass Communication Research (IAMCR) and President of ACOP Asociación de Comunicación Política. She has published nationally and internationally on government communication and related matters.