International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction to International Handbook on Peace and Reconciliation for Springer Publishing

   • Kathleen Malley-Morrison

   Pages 1-8

3. Definitions of Peace and Reconciliation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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4. Definitions of Peace & Reconciliation

   1. Definitions of Peace and Reconciliation

      • Elizabeth Claggett-Borne

      Pages 11-21

   2. Definitions of Peace and Reconciliation in Western Europe

      • Mathilde Salmberg, Kathryn O’Keefe, Sarah An, Carla Machado, Silja Bara Omarsdottir, Michael Corgan et al.

      Pages 23-33

   3. Definitions of Peace and Reconciliation in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Canada, the United States, and Australia

      • James Page, Sarah An, Michael Whitely, Doe West, John Davis, Carol Davis

      Pages 35-49

   4. Definitions of Peace and Reconciliation in Russia and the Balkans

      • Vlado Miheljak, Marko Polič, Chelsea Cogan, Heather Lane, Natalia Parnyuk, Alev Yalcinkaya et al.

      Pages 51-61

   5. Definition of Peace and Reconciliation in the Middle East

      • Glyn Secker, Patrick Hanlin, Gabriella Gricius, Majed Ashy, Abdul Kareem Al-Obaidi, Heyam Mohammed et al.

      Pages 63-79

   6. Definitions of Peace and Reconciliation in Africa

      • Mahlon Dalley, Jennifer Heinecke, Jacqueline Akhurst, Abdelkader Abdelali, Natoschia Scruggs, Raquel DeBartolo et al.

      Pages 81-97

   7. Definitions of Peace and Reconciliation in Latin America

      • Eros DeSouza, Tristyn Campbell, Rodrigo Barahona, Luciana Karine de Souza, Sherri McCarthy, Michael Stevens et al.

      Pages 99-106

   8. Definitions of Peace and Reconciliation in South and Southeast Asia

      • Janice Jones, E. E. Diehnelt, Anoushka Shahane, Ellora Puri, Darshini Shah, Ma. Regina E. Estuar et al.

      Pages 107-116

   9. Definition of Peace and Reconciliation in China, Japan, and Korea

      • Alice Murata, Michelle Murata, Anoushka Shahane, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Hillary Mi-Sung Kim

      Pages 117-130

   10. Peace in Our Time? Reflections on Comparative Data About Peace and Reconciliation from All Regions of the World

       • Sherri McCarthy, Raquel DeBartolo

       Pages 131-139

5. Perspectives on Protest

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Perspectives on Protest: Introduction

      • Tristyn Campbell

      Pages 143-154

   3. Perspectives on Protest in Western Europe

      • Michael Corgan, Bailey Pescatore, Mariana Barbosa, Daniela Miranola, Silja Bara Omarsdottir, Julia König et al.

      Pages 155-167

   4. Perspectives on Protest in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Canada, the United States and Australia

      • Andrea Mercurio, James Page, Alyssa Mendlein, Emily Bales, John Davis, Carol Davis et al.

      Pages 169-182

   5. Perspectives on Protest in Russia and the Balkan Peninsula

      • Charikleia Tsatsaroni, Sherri McCarthy, Nebojsa Petrovic, Vlado Miheljak, Marko Polič, Anna Medvedeva et al.

      Pages 183-198

   6. Perspectives of Protest in the Middle East

      • Natoschia Scruggs, Jessica Cox, Majed Ashy, Heyam Mohammed, Helena Syna Desivilya, Raja Tayeh et al.

      Pages 199-215

   7. African Perspectives on Peaceful Social Protests

      • Grace Kibanja, Laura Johnson, Mahlon Dalley, Natoschia Scruggs, Jacqueline Akhurst, Adeniyi Famose et al.

      Pages 217-236

How do ordinary people from different regions around the world define peace and reconciliation? What factors do they think are necessary for promoting reconciliation between countries? Do they believe that individuals have a right to protest against war and in favor of peace? Do they believe that apologies can improve the chances of reconciliation? What do they think are the best ways for achieving peace? Does reasoning regarding the achievability of world peace vary by region? International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation, a companion volume to the International Handbook on War, Torture, and Terrorism, examines and analyzes how people around the world think about justice, governmental apologies, the right to protest, the peace process, the justifiability of armed conflict, the possibility of world peace, and reconciliation. To address these questions, researchers from the Group on International Perspectives on Governmental Aggression and Peace (GIPGAP) administered the Personal and Institutional Rights to Aggression and Peace Survey (PAIRTAPS) to volunteers from over 40 countries representing the major regions of the world. The volume is organized such that the responses to the survey are summarized and analyzed by both by country and by theme. Integrative chapters provide an up-to-date overview of historical and current events relevant to peace and reconciliation and a grounded theory analysis of definitions of peace and reconciliation and of the role of apology in reconciliation. In addition to describing the major themes emerging from the responses in each region, the volume reports on some exploratory analyses addressing the extent to which we found differences in patterns of responding based on characteristics such as gender, military experience, and involvement in anti-war protest activity. International Handbook on Peace and Reconciliation allows ordinary citizens from around the world to voice their views on peace and related issues, and examinesthe context of these views. Thus, it offers researchers in political science, peace psychology, social psychology, social justice, and anthropology a comprehensive resource for a changing global landscape.

• citizen voices
• civilian definitions of peace
• international survey on peace
• military definitions of peace
• moral disengagement theory
• right to protest
• state and non state actors
• survey methodology
• world peace

From the reviews:

“This handbook takes up the challenge of presenting a global view on peace and conflict … . the International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation is a worthwhile read for a variety of audiences, from the first-year student beginning to explore our field’s foundational concepts to experts looking for solid statistics concerning how peace is perceived, understood, and strived for across the globe.” (Fathali Moghaddam and Victoria Heckenlaible, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 58 (47), December, 2013)

• Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, USA

  Kathleen Malley-Morrison, Andrea Mercurio

• Public Interest Directorate, American Psychological Association, Washington, USA

  Gabriel Twose

Kathleen Malley-Morrison is professor of psychology in the Human Development Program, Boston University. Her undergraduate major at Swarthmore College was history, and her graduate degree from Boston University was in Special Education. During her last two years of graduate school she focused primarily on developmental psychology, and her dissertation was a developmental analysis of cognitive ability and cognitive style from kindergarten through the eighth grade. She has been a member of the Psychology Department at Boston University since 1970. In recent years, Malley-Morrison’s research and publications have focused primarily on international perspectives on state-sponsored violence and peace. As leader of an international consortium of researchers (the Group on International Perspectives on Governmental Aggression and Peace; GIPGAP), she led the development of the Personal and Institutional Rights to Aggression and Peace Survey (PAIRTAPS), which has been administered in more than 40 different countries, with participants from every continent except Antarctica. Chapters focusing on survey findings from each of 40 countries in which the survey was administered were published in a four volume series on State Violence and the Right to Peace for Praeger Security International, published in 2009.

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