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This volume offers a variety of perspectives on politics and culture. The authors are united in their assumption of, and inquiry into, the pre-existing cultural values and practices that are brought to and reflected in activities of the state, as well as in organized activities against the state. The authors also address the intercultural nature of such political activism.
Part One describes ways of configuring politics, culture and communication. Part Two presents case studies that explore the cultural grounds of political activism. The final section introduces a new feature to the Annual: a forum in which scholars question, challenge and explore a topic related to the volume's theme. In this year's forum, four scho
List of contents
PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICS AND CULTURE
Politics, Communication and Culture - Alberto González and Dolores V Tanno
Origins, Issues and Critique
Cultural Influences in Political Communication - D Ray Heisey
Complicity and Coherence in Intra/Intercultural Communication - Karen L Dace and Mark McPhail
A Dialogue
Political Identity - Randy Kluver
Towards an Intercultural Understanding of Political Legitimacy
Toward an Ethical Theory for Comparative Political Communication Based on the Coherence between Universal Human Rights and Cultural Relativism - Catherine Becker
PART TWO: CULTURE AND NATIONALISM
A Sovereign Nation¿s Functional Mythic Discourses - Rona Tamiko Halualani
Returning to Aztl án - Lisa A Flores and Marouf A Hasain Jr
Constitutive Rhetoric and the Construction of Chicano Nationalism
PART THREE: POLITICS AND ITS CULTURAL BASE
Ritual, Culture, and Communication - Shaorong Huang
Deification of Mao Zedong in Chinäs Cultural Revolution Movement
The Multilexicality of the Mohawk Incident in Oka, Québec as Reflected in the Recounted Narratives of Members of Different Receiving Communities - William J Starosta and Sandra Wills Hannon
Avoiding a `Bull Moose¿ Rebellion in Taiwanese Politics - Jensen C Chung
Particularistic Ties, Seniority, and Third-Party Mediation
FORUM: POLITICS IN INTERCULTURAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
Intercultural Training for Business Managers - Hui Ching-Chang and Richard Holt
Reconsidering Power and Politics
Introducing Power, Context, and Theory to Intercultural Training - Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
The Problem with Power - Anita Foeman
Reflections on `Intercultural Training for Business Managers: Reconsidering Power and Politics¿
Responses to Leeds-Hurwitz and Foeman - Hui Ching-Chang and Richard Holt
Summary
This volume offers a variety of perspectives on politics and culture. The authors are united in their assumption of, and inquiry into, the pre-existing cultural values and practices that are brought to and reflected in activities of the state, as well as in organized activities against the state. The authors also address the intercultural nature of such political activism. Part One describes ways of configuring politics, culture and communication. Part Two presents case studies that explore the cultural grounds of political activism. The final section introduces a new feature to the Annual: a forum in which scholars question, challenge and explore a topic related to the volume's theme. In this year's forum, four scho
