Civic Discourse

Foreword, Tapio Varis Preface Introduction Multiculturalism for a Higher Humanity, K. S. Sitaram SECTION I OVERVIEW: INTERCULTURAL, MULTICULTURAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION THEORIES AND ISSUE The Problem of Ethics in Intercultural Communication, Kenneth D. Day Hofsted's Dimensions: An Examination and Critical Analysis, Roberta Bell Ross and Sandra L. Faulkner The Ideology of Difference in Current Discourse, William Over Multicultural Issues in the Study of Cross Cultural Communication, Eveline Lang English as the Dominant Language for Intercultural Communication: Prospects for the Next Century, Nobleza Asuncion-Lande How Global Is Global? A Critical Look at the Language and Ideology of Globalization, Aixa L. Rodriguez-Rodriguez Contemporary Advocacy and Intercultural Communication, William Ove Promoting Intercultural Communication in the Multicultural Classroom: Using Discomfort as a Learning Tool, Ruth Johnson The Use and Misuse of Questionnaires in Intercultural Training, John Bing SECTION II OVERVIEW: CULTURAL DIVERSITY: ETHNICITY, RACE, AND GENDER Fostering Respects for Other Cultures in Teaching Intercultural Communication, Kenneth D. Day Speech Anxiety among International Students, Laurie Wilfred Hodge Latinos in the United States.: Diversity, Cultural Patterns, and Misconceptions, Rosita D. Albert Critical Discourse Analysis: Racism and the Ethos of Equality, Ray T. Donahue The Black Professional: An Analysis of the Communicative Strategies Used in Cross-Race Mentoring, Kathy W. Brooks African-American Discourses on Problematic Relations with Whites, Richard Buttny and Princess L. Williams Turn Taking and the Extended Pause: A Study of Interpersonal Communication Styles across Generations on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Gordon Scott McLean The Nature and Culture of Conflict: The Indian Case: Some Communication Implications, Clospet Ramesh SECTION III OVERVIEW: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION Intercultural Relationships across Gender: A Look at the Communicative Parallels that Characterize Intercultural and Cross-Gender Relations, Roberta Bell Ross and Sandra L. Faulkner Hofstede's Intercultural Dimensions and the Decision-Making Process: Americans and Malaysians in a Cooperative University Setting, Kim Hughes Wilhelm Educators Crossing Cultures: Evaluation of Past Work and Guidelines for the Future, Ekaterina Ognianova Artifacts of Intercultural Communication between U.S. and International University Students, Deradirek Ekachai, Mary Hinchcliff-Pelias and Norman Greer The Communication Stereotypes of Whites and Asians in the White-dominant Classroom, Young-ok Yum A Comparative Analysis of Rhetorical Theory in China and the United States, D. Ray Heisey SECTION IV OVERVIEW: MULTICULTURAL AND MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Women's Rights as Human Rights in the United Nations: Three Perspectives, Barbara S. Monfils The AID Communication Seminars as a Factor in the Development of Intercultural Communication Study, 1958-1978, Huber W. Ellingsworth The Global Economic Society and Polycultural Teams, R. Ray Gehani Can We Talk? A Guide for the Twenty-First Century CEO Managing in a Multicultural Environment, Kathy W. Brooks Jumping Off the Bridge: Rites of Passage and Other Indicators of Organizational Culture, David R. Neumann SECTION V OVERVIEW: MULTICULTURALISM, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, AND HEALTH Multicultural Issues in Health Communication, Elizabeth N. Kunimoto The Process of Bridging Global Multiculturalism, Communication, and Disability, William Olubodun Deaf Culture, Pluralism, and the Field of Communication, Cindy Campbell and Rachel Friend Why Minorities Aren't Choosing Nursing Careers: Intercultural Communication, Recruitment, and Minority Underrepresentation in Nursing, Mary Henderson Askew Epilogue: Multiculturalism, Cultural Diversity, and the Sharing of Power in the Global Society, Michael H. Prosser Author Index Subject Index About the Contributors About the Editors. '