Civic Discourse, Civil Society, and Chinese Communities (Civic Discourse for the Third Millennium) - Hardcover

9781567504422: Civic Discourse, Civil Society, and Chinese Communities (Civic Discourse for the Third Millennium)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1567504426 ISBN 13: 9781567504422

Verlag: Praeger, 1999

The purpose of this volume is to bring together a set of chapters that investigate the communication practices through which Chinese societies are creating their civil foundations for the next millennium. Civic Discourse, Civil Society, and Chinese Communities, reflects both the emphasis on analyzing specific discursive practices in particular Chinese societies and on understanding the role that discursive practices play in the development of civil society more generally.

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RANDY KLUVER is Associate Professor on Speech and Rhetoric and Director of the interdisciplinary Asian Studies Program at Oklahoma City University. His research focuses primarily on 20th century Asian political discourse and its cultural roots. He is also interested in global political, economic, and cultural trends, in an attempt to understand the world we will inhabit in the future.

JOHN H. POWERS is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University, where he has been for the past eight years. Previous to his current position, he taught at Texas A&M University for 16 years. His research interests include communication theory and paradigm building, public discourse theory and criticism, and the role of language in routine communication practices. He is author of Public Speaking: The Lively Art (1994).

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