Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace (Peace Psychology Book Series)

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. A sampling of topics covered in the **Handbook**: * Basic components of a culture of peace (including education, tolerance, gender equality, human rights, and sustainable development), and how each strengthens the whole. * The politics and socioeconomics of a culture of peace. * The relationship of personal to cultural change. * Applying peace concepts in the law enforcement, justice, and prison systems. * Community reconciliation and post-conflict reconstruction. * Achieving peace in the family. * Assessing—and learning from—modern cultures of peace. Global in scope and far-reaching in its analysis, the **Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace** is a source of real-world ideas and lucid insights to enhance the work of social and peace psychologists, policy analysts, and the studies of graduate students in psychology and sociology. Learning From Extant Cultures Of Peace / Douglas P. Fry, Bruce D. Bonta, And Karolina Baszarkiewicz -- Political Economy Of Peace / Ray L. Franklin -- War In Peace: Cultural Regulation Of The Construction-destruction Dynamic / Jaan Valsiner -- Culture Change: A Practical Method With A Theoretical Basis / Howard Richards And Joanna Swanger -- The Paradigm Challenge For Political Science: Delegitimatizing The Recourse To Violence / Ralph Summy -- Assessing The Peacefulness Of Cultures / Joseph De Rivera -- Peace Education: Its Nature, Nurture And The Challenges It Faces / Gavriel Salomon -- Gender Equality And A Culture Of Peace / Carolyn M. Stephenson -- Social Cohesion And Tolerance For Group Differences / Johanna K. Vollhardt, Katya Migacheva, And Linda R. Tropp -- Democratic Participation / Michael Kisielweski And Timothy F. Ledoux -- Open Communication / Shira Loewenberg -- Human Rights And Peacebuilding / Ernesto Anasarias And Peter Berliner -- International Security / Natalie J. Goldring -- Sustainable Development / Úrsula Oswald Spring -- Nonviolent Action, Trust And Building A Culture Of Peace / Michelle Cromwell And William B. Vogele -- Negotiation And The Shadow Of Law / Steve Nisenbaum -- Deliberate Dialogue / Meenakshi Chakraverti -- Restorative Justice And Prison Reform / Barb Toews -- Police Oversight / Eduardo I. Diaz -- Personal Transformations Needed For Cultures Of Peace / Abelardo Brenes -- Achieving Peace In The Family / Sandra T. Azar, Megan C. Goslin, And Yuko Okado -- Participatory Approaches To Community Change: Building Cooperation Through Dialogue And Negotiation Using Participatory Rural Appraisal / Barbara Thomas-slayter -- Community Reconcilation And Post-conflict Reconstruction For Peace / Michael Wessells -- Reconcilation As A Foundation Of Culture Of Peace / Daniel Bar-tal -- Using The Tools To Build The Un Bases / Joseph De Rivera. Joseph De Rivera, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Introduction....Pages 1-8 Learning from Extant Cultures of Peace....Pages 11-26 Political Economy of Peace....Pages 27-41 War in Peace: Cultural Regulation of the Construction-Destruction Dynamic....Pages 43-55 Culture Change: A Practical Method with a Theoretical Basis....Pages 57-70 The Paradigm Challenge of Political Science: Delegitimizing the Recourse to Violence....Pages 71-87 Assessing the Peacefulness of Cultures....Pages 89-103 Peace Education: Its Nature, Nurture and the Challenges It Faces....Pages 107-121 Gender Equality and a Culture of Peace....Pages 123-138 Social Cohesion and Tolerance for Group Differences....Pages 139-152 Democratic Participation....Pages 153-166 Open Communication....Pages 167-180 Human Rights and Peacebuilding....Pages 181-195 International Security....Pages 197-210 Sustainable Development....Pages 211-227 Nonviolent Action, Trust and Building a Culture of Peace....Pages 231-244 Negotiation and the Shadow of Law....Pages 245-257 Deliberate Dialogue....Pages 259-272 Restorative Justice and Prison Reform....Pages 273-286 Police Oversight....Pages 287-301 Personal Transformations Needed for Cultures of Peace....Pages 305-317 Achieving Peace in the Family....Pages 319-332 Participatory Approaches to Community Change: Building Cooperation through Dialogue and Negotiation Using Participatory Rural Appraisal....Pages 333-348 Community Reconciliation and Post-Conflict Reconstruction for Peace....Pages 349-361 Reconciliation as a Foundation of Culture of Peace....Pages 363-377 Using the Tools to Build the UN Bases....Pages 379-385 Back Matter....Pages 387-407 Mediation and negotiation, personal transformation, non-violent struggle in the community and the world: these behaviorsa and their underlying valuesa underpin the United Nationsa (TM) 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. A sampling of topics covered in the Handbook: Basic components of a culture of peace (including education, tolerance, gender equality, human rights, and sustainable development), and how each strengthens the whole. The politics and socioeconomics of a culture of peace. The relationship of personal to cultural change. Applying peace concepts in the law enforcement, justice, and prison systems. Community reconciliation and post-conflict reconstruction. Achieving peace in the family. Assessinga and learning froma modern cultures of peace. Global in scope and far-reaching in its analysis, the Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace is a source of real-world ideas and lucid insights to enhance the work of social and peace psychologists, policy analysts, and the studies of graduate students in psychologyand sociology 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. This book presents a blueprint for this development