On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Kharyssa Rhodes wrote:
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> What is the scoop? Is PPI indeed a type of WS analysis in denial of such? Or
> is it truly an academically separated theoretical approach to interaction?
> I'd appreciate any input.
Peer Polity Interaction is a modern (or renamed) version of Joseph
Caldwell's Cultural Interaction Sphere model for American Indian
Cultures. It predates modern WST by twenty or thirty years.
There's a paper on my web site which might be of interest.
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