
Conflict Resolution
Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 23. July 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-275-96442-9 (ISBN)
Description
This unique collection of comparable case studies addresses the need to assess modes of conflict resolution in a larger sociocultural context with attention to varying approaches and cultural perspectives. Editors Avruch, Black, and Scimecca, together with other anthropologists and sociologists, propose and test different propositions, while looking toward a general theory of conflict and conflict resolution. Their joint effort should be of real interest to sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, indeed to all those concerned with ethnic studies and ethnoconflict today.
The contributors examine different theoretical concepts and approaches to conflict resolution in five different cultures, American, Arab, Asian, Latin American, and Pacific societies. The interdisciplinary study offers a broad range of vantage points for considering interpersonal, community, institutional, and national problems. The authors analyze concepts of personhood, the role of power and authority, ethical values, and methods for negotiating differences, and conflict resolution as an emerging discipline.
The contributors examine different theoretical concepts and approaches to conflict resolution in five different cultures, American, Arab, Asian, Latin American, and Pacific societies. The interdisciplinary study offers a broad range of vantage points for considering interpersonal, community, institutional, and national problems. The authors analyze concepts of personhood, the role of power and authority, ethical values, and methods for negotiating differences, and conflict resolution as an emerging discipline.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
397 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-96442-9 (9780275964429)
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Persons
KEVIN AVRUCH is Professor of Anthropology and a member of the Faculty Advisory Board of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, at George Mason University. He has published widely on ethnicity, politics, and religion in Israel and the Middle East and, with Peter W. Black, on culture and conflict resolution. He is the author of Culture and Conflict Resolution (USIP Press, 1998).
PETER W. BLACK is Professor of Anthropology and a member of the Faculty Advisory Board of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, at George Mason University. He is a specialist on Oceania and has published numerous articles on religion, ethno-psychology, dispute behavior and, with Kevin Avruch, on culture and conflict resolution.
JOSEPH A. SCIMECCA is Professor of Sociology at George Mason University. He is Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and formerly Director of the Center for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. His main areas of research are sociological theory, conflict resolution, and public policy. He is currently completing a book entitled Counsel of the Wicked.
PETER W. BLACK is Professor of Anthropology and a member of the Faculty Advisory Board of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, at George Mason University. He is a specialist on Oceania and has published numerous articles on religion, ethno-psychology, dispute behavior and, with Kevin Avruch, on culture and conflict resolution.
JOSEPH A. SCIMECCA is Professor of Sociology at George Mason University. He is Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and formerly Director of the Center for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. His main areas of research are sociological theory, conflict resolution, and public policy. He is currently completing a book entitled Counsel of the Wicked.
Content
Series Foreword
Introduction: Culture and Conflict Resolution by Kevin Avruch
Conflict Resolution in the United States: The Emergence of a Profession? by Joseph A. Scimecca
Harmony Models and the Construction of Law by Laura Nader
Tertius Luctans: Idiocosm, Caricature and Mask by F. G. Bailey
Interpersonal Conflict Management Styles of Jordanian Managers by Kamil Kozan
Conflict Resolution and Moral Community among the Dou Donggo (Indonesia) by Peter Just
Surprised by Common Sense: Local Understandings and the Management of Conflict on Tobi, Republic of Belau by Peter W. Black
Of Nets, Nails, and Problems: A Folk Language of Conflict Resolution in a Central American Setting by John Paul Lederach
Rhetoric, Reality and Resolving Conflicts: Disentangling in a Solomon Islands Society by Geoffrey M. White
Ho'oponopono: Straightening Family Relationships in Hawaii by E. Victoria Shook and Leonard Ke'ala Kwan
Selected Bibliography
Index
Introduction: Culture and Conflict Resolution by Kevin Avruch
Conflict Resolution in the United States: The Emergence of a Profession? by Joseph A. Scimecca
Harmony Models and the Construction of Law by Laura Nader
Tertius Luctans: Idiocosm, Caricature and Mask by F. G. Bailey
Interpersonal Conflict Management Styles of Jordanian Managers by Kamil Kozan
Conflict Resolution and Moral Community among the Dou Donggo (Indonesia) by Peter Just
Surprised by Common Sense: Local Understandings and the Management of Conflict on Tobi, Republic of Belau by Peter W. Black
Of Nets, Nails, and Problems: A Folk Language of Conflict Resolution in a Central American Setting by John Paul Lederach
Rhetoric, Reality and Resolving Conflicts: Disentangling in a Solomon Islands Society by Geoffrey M. White
Ho'oponopono: Straightening Family Relationships in Hawaii by E. Victoria Shook and Leonard Ke'ala Kwan
Selected Bibliography
Index