Sound-Bite Saboteurs

Sound-Bite SaboteursArgues that the reliance on sound bites in recent political discourse is harmful to the democratic process. Sound Bite Saboteurs examines the emergence of a multifaceted, multimedia culture that encourages the use of sound bites to silence one's opponents at the expense of democratic deliberation and debate. No simple partisan phenomenon or mere attempt to "spin" a particular issue, sound bite sabotage is, the authors argue, a sophisticated and media

This new paradigm will be truly committed to a healthy

This chapter illustrates through a contrasting set of examples how current crop–livestock systems contribute to the food security and diverse diets of smallholder livelihoods

odour and greenhouse gases (GHGs) from livestock housing and storage and application of manure are major concerns in the environmental sustainability of pig production

The book provides a study of the wartime films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and their team the Archers between 1938 and 1947

the PEPT technique

we review the most important factors for successful entomovectoring

Beyond the Land Ethic engages a wide spectrum of topics central to the field

There is a need to breed for heat tolerant dairy cattle to mitigate these impacts

Here scholars from around the world probe current notions of waste and the ways in which remains of different kinds recover value in the act of recollection and recycling

This volume compiles 23 significant papers

Solid media systems predominate over liquid based systems with peat and coir being the most popular media

with the aims of providing a broader understanding of the narrative