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Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Joseph Rivera

    1. Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, USA

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  • Interdisciplinary and international analysis that includes economically developed and underdeveloped nations

  • Chapter authors discuss and formulate the ideas presented in the book to address how cultures of peace may be established and addressed

  • Sections and chapters were based on a systematic review of best practices from a multicultural perspective that may be applicable to personal, small group, community, national, and global cultures of peace

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Peace Psychology Book Series (PPBS)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Views from the Social Sciences

    1. Introduction

      • Joseph de Rivera
      Pages 1-8

    2. Learning from Extant Cultures of Peace

      • Douglas P. Fry, Bruce D. Bonta, Karolina Baszarkiewicz
      Pages 11-26

    3. Political Economy of Peace

      • Ray L. Franklin
      Pages 27-41

    4. War in Peace: Cultural Regulation of the Construction-Destruction Dynamic

      • Jaan Valsiner
      Pages 43-55

    5. Culture Change: A Practical Method with a Theoretical Basis

      • Howard Richards, Joanna Swanger
      Pages 57-70

    6. The Paradigm Challenge of Political Science: Delegitimizing the Recourse to Violence

      • Ralph Summy
      Pages 71-87

    7. Assessing the Peacefulness of Cultures

      • Joseph de Rivera
      Pages 89-103

  3. Building the Eight Bases for a Culture of Peace

    1. Peace Education: Its Nature, Nurture and the Challenges It Faces

      • Gavriel Salomon
      Pages 107-121

    2. Gender Equality and a Culture of Peace

      • Carolyn M Stephenson
      Pages 123-138

    3. Social Cohesion and Tolerance for Group Differences

      • Johanna K. Vollhardt, Katya Migacheva, Linda R. Tropp
      Pages 139-152

    4. Democratic Participation

      • Michael Kisielewski, Timothy F LeDoux
      Pages 153-166

    5. Open Communication

      • Shira Loewenberg
      Pages 167-180

    6. Human Rights and Peacebuilding

      • Ernesto Anasarias, Peter Berliner
      Pages 181-195

    7. International Security

      • Natalie J. Goldring
      Pages 197-210

    8. Sustainable Development

      • Úrsula Oswald Spring
      Pages 211-227

  4. Tools for Building Cultures of Peace

    1. General Methods

      1. Nonviolent Action, Trust and Building a Culture of Peace
        • Michelle Cromwell, William B Vogele
        Pages 231-244
      2. Negotiation and the Shadow of Law
        • Steve Nisenbaum
        Pages 245-257
      3. Deliberate Dialogue
        • Meenakshi Chakraverti
        Pages 259-272
      4. Restorative Justice and Prison Reform
        • Barb Toews
        Pages 273-286
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, USA

    Joseph Rivera

About the editor

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.

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