Product Description: Since the earliest days of independence, Bolivia's foreign policy has been largely determined by geographical circumstances. This study examines the related aspects of location, accessibility, exploitation, attempted colonisation and boundary changes in Bolivia since 1825 and reviews the political and economic geography of the western, northern and southern sectors today...read more

Product Description: 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 includes coverage of the mediatization of politics; of E-politics and governance; of the impact of 'reality TV'; and of issues raised by the reporting of war in Iraq...read more

Product Description: Libro incluido en Biblioteca Selecta Forum de Barcelona 2004Tras observar cómo los políticos se convierten en iconos de los medios y los artistas más populares se convierten en políticos no parece muy difícil concluir que política y cultura popular están estrechamente vinculadas...read more

Product Description: In writing this ten session course John draws upon his many years of experience working with young people. The main theme of this book is that if we can build good friendships they will sustain us throughout our lives. It also aims to help young people understand the importance of friendship as a crucial part of childhood and adult life...read more

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In an age where film stars become presidents and politicians appear in television sitcoms, politics and popular culture have become inextricably linked. In order to understand this evolving relationship, author John Street argues that we must understand that each is a form of the other. Popular culture involves the organizing of our pleasure, and therefore our values, identities, and interests. At the same time, our pleasure depends on a series of political decisions and processes which in turn shape that culture.Did East German rock musicians contribute to bringing down the Berlin wall? How does popular culture create feelings of compassion, empathy, or affinity? Street reflects on the use of popular culture to raise money and awareness via the concert for a cause, such as Live Aid, Farm Aid, and Comic Relief. What role does censorship play in our appreciation and acceptance of popular culture, as well as in the development of an ideology?Ferreting out the debate between those who see the political nature of popular culture as a form of manipulation and those who see it as populist self-expression, Street argues that such an approach limits our perspective. This book attempts to expand our understanding of the ways the production and consumption of popular culture are organized, and, concurrently, how political judgments are inherent in engendering and enjoying pop culture.

Product Description: This volume provides a broad-ranging acount of the relationship between politics and technology in the modern world. It shows how political processes and values shape the developmentof technology and, in turn , how new technologies influence the conduct of politics...read more

Product Description: "Deciding Factors in British Politics" looks at the questions at the heart of politics and asks how British governments decide on the answers. The book provides students with a wide variety of case studies from the mid-1950s to the present, illustrating different aspects of political life...read more

Product Description: Arguing that success with rhododendrons is all a matter of good practice, this volume provides advice on growing them. More than 100 rhododendrons are pictured, each with a detailed description, information on their cultivation, a brief history of the species and explanation of the nomenclature...read more

Describes the influence of popular music on politics, examines the lifestyles and political awareness of top rock groups, and discusses aspects of the music industry