From a boom in theatrical features to footage posted on websites such as YouTube and
Google Video, the early years of the 21st century have witnessed significant changes in the …

How the media are organised and funded is central to understanding their role in society.
Critical Political Economy of the Media provides a clear, comprehensive and insightful …

This fourth edition of The Geography of Tourism and Recreation provides students with a
comprehensive introduction to the interrelationship between tourism, leisure and recreation …

Media and Power addresses three key questions about the relationship between media and
society.* How much power do the media have?* Who really controls the media?* What is the …

Examines the export of hazardous wastes to poor communities of color around the world
and charts the global social movements that challenge them. Every year, nations and …

The power to promote wellness, resist oppression, and foster liberation is grounded in
psychological and political dynamics. Hitherto, these two sources of power have been …

The debate around 'cultural value'has become increasingly central to policy debates on arts
and creative industries policy over the past ten years and has mostly focused on the …

Schnaiberg's concept of the treadmill of production is arguably the most visible and enduring
theory to emerge in three decades of environmental sociology. Elaborated and tested, it has …

This article develops a theoretical understanding of the relationship between young people
and city space. More specifically, our focus concerns what we have termed'urban …

In the wake of globalization, numerous social scientists are turning to concepts of mobility,
fluidity and hybridity to characterize a presumed de-territorialization and de-bordering of …