Contents List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction: Communications Policies and Media Systems in the Age of (anti) Neoliberal Politics; Mireya Márquez-Ramírez and Manuel Alejandro Guerrero 1. Latin America Media and the Limitations of the 'Globalization' Paradigm; Silvio Waisbord 2. The 'Liberal-Captured' Model of Media Systems in Latin America; Manuel Alejandro Guerrero 3. In Search of a model for the Colombian Media System Today; Catalina Montoya Londoño 4. Media Systems and Political Action in Peru; Javier Protzel 5. The Complex Relationship Between the Media and the Political System in Argentina: From Co-Option to Polarization; Jorge Liotti 6. Pluralism, Digitalization and the Contemporary Challenges of Media Policy in El Salvador; José Luis Benítez 7. Media and Politicians in Guatemala: A Marriage That Will Last Until Money Do Them Part; Silvio René Gramajo 8. The State in Pursuit of Hegemony over the Media: The Chávez Model; Andrés Cañizález 9. Clashing Powers in Bolivia: The Tensions Between Evo Morales' Government and the Private Media in Bolivia; Víctor Quintanilla 10. State Intervention and Market Structures: the New Overview of Argentinian Audio-Visual Sector; Guillermo Mastrini, Martín Becerra and Santiago Marino 11. Public Service Broadcasting and Media Reform in Brazil in Comparative Perspective; Carolina Matos 12. Globalization and History in Brazil: Communication, Culture and Development Policies at the Crossroads; César Bolaño 13. The Publishing Industries in Ibero-America: Challenges and Diversity in the Digital World; Stella Puente 14. The Global Notion of Journalism: a Hindrance to the Democratization of the Public Space in Chile; Rodrigo Araya 15. Post-Authoritarian Politics in Neoliberal Days: Revising Media and Journalism Transition in Mexico; Mireya Márquez-Ramírez 16. The 'Capture' of Media Systems, Policies and Industries in Latin America: Concluding Remarks; Manuel Alejandro Guerrero andMireya Márquez-Ramírez