Chris G Pope Books

Rags to riches story from a humble foot soldier to become a great feudal lord.

As more governments, companies and individuals scan the globe for access to primary resources such as minerals and timber, food, power and water, and destinations for work, holidays and homes, pressures on places and communities grow. At the same time, global environmental risks – most notably, climate change – produce new networks and unfamiliar forms of politics. Communication media are integral to this change. This book explores how geographically diverse groups and individuals interact in and through media to influence the negotiations and decisions affecting often distant landscapes and communities. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the Australia-Asia region, the book includes case studies on the environmental protests that follow the international flow of people and resources, including timber, fish, coal, water and tourism. It asks how ‘communities of concern’ are evoked, which transcend local places and national boundaries.

Focusing on empirical diffusionist models, this book analyzes cross-cultural and cross-national communication related to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides valuable insights into the translation and adaptation of these goals, making it essential for those interested in sustainable growth, development, and global environmental politics.

This book offers insight into the use of empirical diffusionist models for analysis of cross-cultural and cross-national communication, translation and adaptation of the United Nation's (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The book looks at three social analytical instruments of particular utility for the cross-national study of the translation and diffusion of global sustainable development discourses in East Asia (China and Japan). It explains the underlying hypothesis that, in the transmission and adaptation of global SDGs in different national contexts, three large groups of social actors encompassing sources of information, mediating actors and socio-industrial end-users form, shape and contribute to the complex, latent networks of social engagement. It illuminates how the distribution within these networks largely determines the level and breadth of the diffusion of global SDGs and their associated environmentalist norms. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in sustainable growth and development, as well as global environmental politics.

The book provides an in-depth analysis of national media and political discourse on environmental issues in Australia, China, and Japan, focusing on climate change and pollution. It employs an interdisciplinary approach, integrating social sciences and humanities to explore the risks and responsibilities tied to climate change. A notable strength lies in its comprehensive data analysis, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods to uncover the intricate connections between risk and responsibility within climate change discussions.

Fought on 21 October 1600, the Battle of Sekigahara is described as the greatest samurai battle in history. The author explores all the developments leading up to the outbreak of the conflict and the battle in particular.