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The Role of Community Development in Reducing Extremism and Ethnic Conflict

The Evolution of Human Contact

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Authors:
  1. August John Hoffman

    1. Metropolitan State University, Hudson, WI, USA

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  2. Saul Alamilla

    1. Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA

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  3. Belle Liang

    1. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA

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  • Explores contemporary cases relevant to the topics at hand

  • Proposes real-world solutions to immediate and salient problems of ethnic conflict and violence

  • Provides an optimistic view of the potential to solve such issues

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Community Development, Stewardship Activities, and Volunteerism: The Evolution of Human “Connectedness” and Interdependency

    • August John Hoffman, Saul Alamilla, Belle Liang
    Pages 1-26
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  3. The Virtues of Community Development and Stewardship: How Communities Respond to Disasters and Build Resilience

    • August John Hoffman, Saul Alamilla, Belle Liang
    Pages 27-47
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  4. The Evolutionary History of Aggression and Ethnic Conflict: Why Polarization Fuels Hate and Violence

    • August John Hoffman, Saul Alamilla, Belle Liang
    Pages 49-77
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  5. Racial Constructs in Youth Mentoring: Reconsidering Race and Ethnicity

    • August John Hoffman, Saul Alamilla, Belle Liang
    Pages 79-91
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  6. Cultural Perspectives on Ethnic Diversity and Social Capital and Intergroup Relations in Diverse Communities

    • August John Hoffman, Saul Alamilla, Belle Liang
    Pages 93-134
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  7. The Social Contract Theory Revisited: Examining the Relationship Between Greed, Conflict, and the Evolution of Cooperation

    • August John Hoffman, Saul Alamilla, Belle Liang
    Pages 135-153
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  8. Concluding Notes: The Virtues of Hope

    • August John Hoffman, Saul Alamilla, Belle Liang
    Pages 155-160
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  9. Correction to: Racial Constructs in Youth Mentoring: Reconsidering Race and Ethnicity

    • August John Hoffman, Saul Alamilla, Belle Liang
    Pages C1-C1
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  10. Back Matter

    Pages 161-163
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About this book

The purpose of this text is to provide the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the nature of violence, aggression, extremism, and ethnic hate crimes in the US, and to explicate how community development, stewardship, and service may be implemented to address and reduce these problems. When individuals of diverse backgrounds are provided with engagement, interaction, and community-building stewardship programs, negative ethnic stereotypes are debunked, conflict is reduced, and individuals are more likely to communicate and build a more resilient and empowered community. Recent political and administrative policies have created a very tense environment among cities within the US, especially within communities that have larger populations of immigrant refugees and persons of varied ethnicities. This book aims to ameliorate some of that tension. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Metropolitan State University, Hudson, WI, USA

    August John Hoffman

  • Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA

    Saul Alamilla

  • Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA

    Belle Liang

About the authors

August John Hoffman is Professor of Psychology at Metropolitan State University, USA, and President of the IFO Faculty Association.


Saul Alamilla is Associate Professor of Psychology at Kennesaw State University, USA.


Belle Liang is Professor in the Counseling and Developmental Psychology Program at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Role of Community Development in Reducing Extremism and Ethnic Conflict

  • Book Subtitle: The Evolution of Human Contact

  • Authors: August John Hoffman, Saul Alamilla, Belle Liang

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75699-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75698-1Published: 06 June 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09302-0Published: 04 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75699-8Published: 22 May 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 163

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Community and Environmental Psychology

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