I think it's just a little bit wrong to assume that Bush represents all of America, since not all of America voted for/wants Bush in power. And on another slightly related note, I don't even think Bush really represents the Republican party. He sort of grew a cultural cult/ideology of his own that really almost shares nothing with traditional Republican fiscal conservatism and their wish for diminished federal goverment power, as you mentioned in your post. One of the great (and often frustrating) aspects of America is its diversity in opinion. We're uncertain about uncertainty, you're right about that.
Oh, I'm very much not saying that Bush represents all of America. My point is that there are divisions within the neo-con ideology, and divisions within American ways of thinking. This president has divided America to an unprecedented degree.
As for Hofstede's methodology on the national rankings, he surveyed the attitudes of IBM workers in 64 national subsidiaries. He quizzed 116,000 workers. Their responses were assigned numerical ratings on each of the 'dimensions', between 0 and 100. All the grades were then averaged out and displayed in the form of national tables. Some have criticised Hofstede's techniques, but many subsequent studies have found his conclusions to be sound. An Introductory Guide To Cross-Cultural Training (http://www.cidaindia.org/Cross-Cultural%20Training.pdf) is quite a good introduction to Hofstede, with a detailed comparison of Indian and Canadian attitudes.
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Date: 2004-10-09 02:45 am (UTC)One of the great (and often frustrating) aspects of America is its diversity in opinion. We're uncertain about uncertainty, you're right about that.
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Date: 2004-10-09 02:51 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-09 03:18 am (UTC)As for Hofstede's methodology on the national rankings, he surveyed the attitudes of IBM workers in 64 national subsidiaries. He quizzed 116,000 workers. Their responses were assigned numerical ratings on each of the 'dimensions', between 0 and 100. All the grades were then averaged out and displayed in the form of national tables. Some have criticised Hofstede's techniques, but many subsequent studies have found his conclusions to be sound. An Introductory Guide To Cross-Cultural Training (http://www.cidaindia.org/Cross-Cultural%20Training.pdf) is quite a good introduction to Hofstede, with a detailed comparison of Indian and Canadian attitudes.