Peace, Conflict, and Violence : Peace Psychology for the 21st Century - Hardcover

Daniel J. Christie; Richard V. Wagner And Deborah DuNann Winter

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9788189617554: Peace, Conflict, and Violence : Peace Psychology for the 21st Century

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ISBN 10: 8189617559 ISBN 13: 9788189617554

Publisher: I A Books, 2008

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Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction to Peace Psychology
Daniel J Christie, Richard V.
Wagner, and Deborah Du Nann Winter
SECTION I DIRECT VIOLENCE
Richard V. Wagner
1. Intimate Violence
Naomi Abrahams
2. Anti-Gay/Lesbian Violence in the United States
Bianca Cody Murphy
3. Intrastate Violence
Ulrike Niens and Ed Cairns
4. Nationalism and War: A Social-Psychological Perspective
Daniel Druckman
5. Integrative Complexity and Political Decisions that Lead to War or Peace
Lucian Gideon Conway III, Peter Suedfeld, and Philip E. Tetlock
6. Genocide and Mass Killing: Their Roots and Prevention
Ervin Staub
7. Weapons of Mass Descruction
Michael Britton
SECTION II STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE
Deborah Du Nann Winter and Dana C. Leighton
8. Social Injustice
Susan Opotow
9. The War Close to Home: Children and Violence in the United States
Kathleen Kostelny and James Garbarino
10. Children and Structural Violence
Milton Schwebel and Daniel J Christie
11. Women, Girls, and Structural Violence: A Global Analysis
Dyan Mazurana and Susan McKay
12. Understanding Militarism: Money, Masculinity, and the Search for the Mystical
Deborah Du Nann Winter, Marc Pilisuk, Sara Houck, and Matthew Lee
13. Globalism and Structural Violence
Marc Pilisuk
14. Human Rights Violations as Structural Violence
M. Brinton Lykes
SECTION III PEACEMAKING
Richard V Wagner
15. U.N. Peacekeeping: Confronting the Psychological Environment of War in the Twenty-first Century
Haroey J. Langholtz and Peter Leentjes
16. The Cultural Context of Peacemaking
Paul B. Pedersen
17. Conflict Resolution: Theoretical and Practical Issues
Ann Sanson and Di Bretherton
18. Crafting Peace: On the Psychology of the TRANSCEND Approach
Johan Galtung and Finn Tschudi
19. Introducing Cooperation and Conflict Resolution into Schools: A Systems Approach
Peter Coleman and Morton Deutsch
20. Reducing Trauma During Ethno-Political Conflict: A Personal Account of Psycho-social Work under War Conditions in Bosnia
Inger Agger
21. Reconciliation in Divided Societies
Cheryl de la Rey
22. Psychosocial Interventions and Post-War Reconstruction in Angola: Interweaving Western and Traditional Approaches
Michael Wessells and Carlinda Monteiro
PEACEBUILDING: APPROACHES TO SOCIAL JUSTICE Daniel J. Christie
23. Toward a Psychology of Structural Peacebuilding
Cristina Jayme Montiel
24. Psychologies for Liberation: Views from Elsewhere
Andy Dawes
25. Gandhi as Peacebuilder: The Social Psychology of Satyagraha Daniel M. Mayton II
26. Peacebuilding and Nonviolence: Gandhis Perspective on Power
Manfred B. Steger
27. Giving Voice to Childrens Perspectives on Peace
Ilse Hakvoort and Solveig Hagglund
28. Redressing Structural Violence against Children: Empowerment-based Interventions and Research
Linda Webster and Douglas B. Perkins
29. Gendering Peacebuilding
Susan McKay and Dyan Mazurana
30. Psychologists Making a Difference in the Public Arena: Building Cultures of Peace
Michael Wessells, Milton Schwebel, and Anne Anderson
Conclusion: Peace Psychology for the Twenty-first Century Deborah Du Nann Winter, Daniel J Christie,
Richard V. Wagner, and Laura B. Boston
References
Index

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From the Back Cover:

Peace, Conflict, and Violence brings together the key concepts, themes, theories, and practices that are defining peace psychology as we begin the 21st century. This comprehensive book is rooted in psychology, but includes a wide range of interpersonal, community, national and international contexts, multiple levels of analysis from micro to macro, and multi-disciplinary perspectives. It reflects the breadth of the field and captures the main intellectual currents in peace psychology. Presents 4 main currents: violence, social inequalities, peacemaking, and the pursuit of social justice. Contains a wide range of topics, including ethnic conflict, family violence, hate crimes, militarism, conflict management, social justice, nonviolent approaches to peace, and peace education. Ideal for readers interested in peace education, international studies, psychology, political science, anthropology, and sociology.

About the Author:

DANIEL J. CHRISTIE is Professor of Psychology at Ohio State University. He is a former president of the Division of Peace Psychology of the American Psychological Association, and serves on the editorial board of its journal. His research explores children's perceptions of violence, models of intercultural sensitivity, and structural peacebuilding. He teaches courses in psychology and international studies at the OSU Marion campus, has served as president of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, and does applied work on local and international programs that enhance the educational and economic opportunities of minority and indigenous ethnic groups.

RICHARD V. WAGNER has been Professor of Psychology at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine since 1970. He received is Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Michigan. He is a past president of the Division of Peace Psychology of the American Psychological Association, and is incoming editor (2001-) of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peach Psychology. His current interests include political psychology and conflict resolution, and his a mediator for the court system in Maine.

DEBORAH DU NANN WINTER is Professor of Psychology at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, where she has taught for 26 years. She is the author of Ecological Psychology: Healing the Split Between Planet and Self (1996) as well as numerous articles on the psychology of peace and environmental issues. She serves as President of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, and is on the Editorial Board of Peach and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.

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