The exploding global consumption of meat is implicated in momentous but greatly underappreciated problems, and industrial livestock production is the driving force behind soaring demand. Following his previous ground-breaking book The Global Food Economy, Tony Weis explains clea…
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Examines the construction of images of masculinity and the effect they have on identity, sexuality and sexual politics. Influences from black and white culture are explored as well as the ironies of class, colour and sexuality. [from publisher's advertisement].
Monograph advocating a total reconsideration of classical economic theory, as advanced by david ricardo, in order to resolve problems relating to the present day economic system - discusses and compares various theories relating to competition, capital, labour markets, financial…
GREEN MARKETING MANAGEMENT helps individuals make informed decisions about choices that impact the environment. This insightful new text provides a thorough introduction to the emerging field of green marketing management, including a useful exploration of the integral relations…
Advertising, materialism and consumption are central aspects of contemporary Western culture. We are bombarded with idealised images of the perfect body, desirable consumer goods, and affluent lifestyles, yet psychology is only just beginning to take account of the profound inf…
"Informed by psychological theory and supported by research, this book provides an overall understanding of consumer behaviour and underlying thought processes. Psychology is central to an effective understanding of consumer behaviour, and this book shows how it can be used to e…
We constantly hear about 'the consumer'. The 'consumer' has become a ubiquitous person in public discourse and academic research, but who is this person? "The Making of the Consumer" is the first interdisciplinary study that follows the evolution of the consumer in the modern wo…
"The main thesis of the book is that the welfare state cannot have a sustainable future, given the overburdened state budget, unless it is managed by a strategic planning process. The book deals, moreover, with the new emergence of a nonprofit private sector that feeds a kind of…
What is a consumer society? Does being a consumer make us less authentic or more materialistic? How and why do we shop? How should we understand the economy? Is our seemingly insatiable desire for goods destroying the planet? Can we reconcile curbs on consumption with goals such…
Fruits and vegetables are among the richest sources of ascorbic acid, other antioxidants and they produce specific bioactive compounds. A general consensus from health experts has confirmed that an increased dietary intake of antioxidant compounds found in most fresh produce typ…
Economic analysis, rice, food, agricultural sector, Asia - cultivation system, production, consumption, labour utilization, productivity, technological change, marketing, trade, research and development, production increase, price policy. Bibliography, graphs, statistical table.
The current fossil fuel-based system of mobility is associated with a wide range of environmental and social problems. There is a growing body of literature on system innovations and transitions which has as a common understanding that long-term transformative change is necessar…
