This volume contains the full text of the Final Communiqué of the 1955 Asian-African Conference, presented in multiple languages and published in April 1985 to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Bandung Conference. The communiqué outlines the principles, resolutions, and collective commitments adopted by the participating nations, including solidarity among developing countries, ant…
Richard Wich's Sino-Soviet Crisis Politics is an in-depth study of the political dynamics and communication between the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union during a period of heightened ideological and strategic tensions during the Cold War. Through analysis of archives, political statements, and communication patterns between the two countries, Wich outlines how the crisis and conf…
This is about a whole range of colorful cultural genres taht are known collectively as "folk literature" and folk perfoming arts
"Human society is engaged in the most profoundly disorienting transition since the dawn of the Neolithic age. A panhumanist ethos is dawning that recognizes the essential oneness of all humankind. The largest and most complex societies are multicultural or are fast becoming so. Yet, despite moves toward greater cooperation and global integration, regional conflicts persist in the Balkans, the M…
Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice, by Kathryn Sorrells, introduces students to the complex relationships, structures, and contexts that shape intercultural communication in the new millennium. This book examines intercultural communication within the geopolitical, economic, and cultural context of globalization and offers a dynamic and complex understanding of cultur…
The key problem in relationships, particularly over time, is that people begin to lose their voice. Despite decades of assertiveness training and lots of good advice about communicating with clarity, timing, and tact, women and men find that their greatest complaints in marriage and other intimate relationships are that they are not being heard, that they cannot affect the other person, that fi…
The contents of this book: 1. Strategy I: Adopting a Global Vision 2. Strategy II: Developing Cultural Empathy 3. Strategy III: Acquiring Interpersonal Expertise 4. Strategy IV: Utilizing Global Negotiating Skills, etc.
People have been negotiating with one another since time began. Ordinarily, we think in terms of buying and selling when we think of negotiation; and most of us recognize that diplomats and labor representatives also bargain as part of their everyday work. What we fail to recognize is that all of us negotiate every day of our lives.
People you can?t stand: They?re those difficult people who don?t do what you want them to do, or do what you don?t want them to do ? and you don?t know what to do about them. You don?t have to be their victim anymore. You can change difficult people, you can communicate with them in such a way that they change themselves. This book will help you to identify and assemble elements of effective co…
In this vivid portrait of the new business world, Thomas L. Friedman shows how technology, capital, and information are transforming the global marketplace, leveling old geographic and geopolitical boundaries. With bold reporting and acute analysis, Friedman dramatizes the conflict between globalizing forces and local cultures, and he shows why a balance between progress and the preservation of…