The great transition and the long term perspective / Thomas J. Duesterberg and Herbert I. London -- World population prospects to the year 2025 : declining fertility, aging societies, and health setbacks / Nicholas Eberstadt -- The biotech breakthrough / Michael Fumento -- High-tech help for the...

"Over the last decade, political economy has grown rapidly as a specialist area of research and teaching within communications and media studies and is now established as a core element in university programmes around the world. The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications offers students...

Introduction / Pierre Ostiguy, Benjamin Moffitt, and Francisco Panizza -- Populism, hegemony and the political construction of "the people" : a discursive approach / Francisco Panizza and Yannis Stavrakakis -- Who would identify with an "empty signifier"? : the relational, performative approach...