Discourse, Peace, and Conflict
Discursive Psychology Perspectives
Editors: Gibson, Stephen (Ed.)
Free Preview- Explores the possibilities of a discursive psychological approach to peace psychology
- Includes contributions from scholars at various stages of their academic careers, from early career researchers to professors with an international reputation
- Covers range of perspectives within discursive psychology – from the micro to the macro level
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- About this book
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This first-of-its-kind volume brings discursive psychology and peace psychology together in a compelling practical synthesis. An array of internationally-recognised contributors examine multiple dimensions of discourse—official and casual, speech, rhetoric, and text—in creating and maintaining conflict and building mediation and reconciliation. Examples of strategies for dealing with longstanding conflicts (the Middle East), significant flashpoints (the Charlie Hebdo case), and current heated disputes (the refugee ‘crisis’ in Europe) demonstrate discursive methods in context as they bridge theory with real life. This diversity of subject matter is matched by the range of discursive approaches applied to peace psychology concepts, methods, and practice.
Among the topics covered:
- Discursive approaches to violence against women.
- The American gun control debate: a discursive analysis.
- Constructing peace and violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
- Discursive psychological research on refugees.
- Citizenship, social injustice, and the quest for a critical social psychology of peace.
- The emotional and political power of images of suffering: discursive psychology and the study of visual rhetoric.
Discourse, Peace, and Conflict offers expansive ideas to scholars and practitioners in peace psychology, as well as those in related areas such as social psychology, political psychology, and community psychology with an interest in issues pertaining to peace and conflict.
- Discursive approaches to violence against women.
- About the authors
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Stephen Gibson is based at York St John University, UK, where he has taught psychology since 2005. In his research, Stephen uses discursive and rhetorical approaches to explore a range of social psychological topics, including citizenship, national identity, dis/obedience and representations of peace and conflict. He is editor of Representations of Peace and Conflict (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012; with Simon Mollan) and Doing Your Qualitative Psychology Project (Sage, 2012; with Cath Sullivan and Sarah Riley).
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“The work is an excellent collection of relevant theory and research concerning the discursive themes and strategies dealing with conflict and peaceful resolutions within and between groups. This book will prove valuable to peace researchers as well as students interested in furthering their understanding of discursive psychology.” (S. Reysen, Choice, Vol. 56 (10), June, 2019)
- Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Discursive Psychology and Peace Psychology
Pages 1-25
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How to Increase Participation in a Conflict Resolution Process: Insights from Discursive Psychology
Pages 29-47
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Discursive Psychology and Domestic Violence
Pages 49-66
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The American Gun Control Debate: A Discursive Analysis
Pages 67-82
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Disloyal, Deluded, Dangerous: How Supporters of Violence or Separatism Discredit Their Political Opponents
Pages 83-98
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Discourse, Peace, and Conflict
- Book Subtitle
- Discursive Psychology Perspectives
- Editors
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- Stephen Gibson
- Series Title
- Peace Psychology Book Series
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-99094-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-99094-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-99093-4
- Series ISSN
- 2197-5779
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 339
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
- Topics