This widely used and popular text provides a broad-ranging analysis of the relationship
between the media and politics. Revised and updated throughout, this second edition …

Understanding Popular Music is a comprehensive introduction to the history and meaning of
popular music. It begins with a critical assessment of the different ways in which popular …

Extreme metal--one step beyond heavy metal--can appear bizarre or terrifying to the
uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that …

Now in an updated 3rd edition this popular AZ student handbook provides a comprehensive
survey of key ideas and concepts in popular music culture. With new and expanded entries …

How has popular culture become linked to politics? How is it that a form of life often
associated with fun and escapism, and often labelled as 'mere entertainment', can be …

Nuclear power has been a contentious issue in Japan since the 1950s, and in the aftermath
of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, the conflict has only grown. Government …

This highly original and accessible book draws on the author's personal experience as a
musician, producer and teacher of popular music to discuss the ways in which audio …

This book critically examines the assumptions underlying drug prohibition and explores the
contradictions of drug prevention policies. For the first time in this field, it combines a wide …

Popular music has a long and varied association with politics. It has provided the soundtrack
to political protest and been the object of political censorship; politicians have courted pop …

Continuing the tradition of authoritative, up-to-date and theoretically-informed analysis
established in previous Developments books, completely new chapters by a new team of …