| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 407 pages) : illustrations. |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Peace psychology book series |
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Peace psychology book series.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Learning from extant cultures of peace / Douglas P. Fry, Bruce D. Bonta, and Karolina Baszarkiewicz -- Political economy of peace / Ray L. Franklin -- War in peace: cultural regulation of the construction-destruction dynamic / Jaan Valsiner -- Culture change: a practical method with a theoretical basis / Howard Richards and Joanna Swanger -- The paradigm challenge for political science: delegitimatizing the recourse to violence / Ralph Summy -- Assessing the peacefulness of cultures / Joseph de Rivera -- Peace education: its nature, nurture and the challenges it faces / Gavriel Salomon -- Gender equality and a culture of peace / Carolyn M. Stephenson -- Social cohesion and tolerance for group differences / Johanna K. Vollhardt, Katya Migacheva, and Linda R. Tropp -- Democratic participation / Michael Kisielweski and Timothy F. LeDoux -- Open communication / Shira Loewenberg -- Human rights and peacebuilding / Ernesto Anasarias and Peter Berliner -- International security / Natalie J. Goldring -- Sustainable development / Úrsula Oswald Spring -- Nonviolent action, trust and building a culture of peace / Michelle Cromwell and William B. Vogele -- Negotiation and the shadow of law / Steve Nisenbaum -- Deliberate dialogue / Meenakshi Chakraverti -- Restorative justice and prison reform / Barb Toews -- Police oversight / Eduardo I. Diaz -- Personal transformations needed for cultures of peace / Abelardo Brenes -- Achieving peace in the family / Sandra T. Azar, Megan C. Goslin, and Yuko Okado -- Participatory approaches to community change: building cooperation through dialogue and negotiation using participatory rural appraisal / Barbara Thomas-Slayter -- Community reconcilation and post-conflict reconstruction for peace / Michael Wessells -- Reconcilation as a foundation of culture of peace / Daniel Bar-Tal -- Using the tools to build the UN bases / Joseph de Rivera. |
| Summary |
Mediation and negotiation, personal transformation, non-violent struggle in the community and the world: these behaviors - and their underlying values - underpin the United Nations' definition of a culture of peace, and are crucial to the creation of such a culture. This book presents a blueprint for this development. |
| Subject |
Violence -- psychology.
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Peace.
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Peace-building.
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Peace -- Psychological aspects.
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Culture.
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Culture. (OCoLC)fst00885059
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Peace. (OCoLC)fst01055758
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Peace-building. (OCoLC)fst01055902
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Peace -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01055783
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Peace.
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Peace.
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Peace-building.
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Peace -- Psychological aspects.
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Culture.
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Electronic books.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
De Rivera, Joseph.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Handbook on building cultures of peace. New York : Springer, 2008 9780387095745 0387095748 (DLC) 2008931174 (OCoLC)233933519 |
| ISBN |
9780387095752 |
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0387095756 |
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