Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace

ISBN 10: 0387095748 / ISBN 13: 9780387095745

Published by Springer, 2008

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pp. 428.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387095748
• ISBN 13: 9780387095745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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. The Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace addresses this complex and daunting task by presenting an accessible blueprint for this development. Its perspectives are international and interdisciplinary, involving the developing as well as the developed world, with illustrations of states and citizens using peace-based values to create progress on the individual, community, national, and global levels. The result is both realistic and visionary, a prescription for a secure future.

About the Author

Joseph de Rivera is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Peace Studies Program at Clark University. He attended Bowdoin College, graduated from Yale, served in the Navy Medical Service Corps, and received his doctorate from Stanford University. His area of research focuses on the experience of nuclear weapons, peace fairs, and the emotional motivation of righteous behavior.