Psychological Components of Sustainable Peace

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Psychological Components of Sustainable Peace: An Introduction

   • Morton Deutsch, Peter T. Coleman

   Pages 1-14

3. Effective Cooperation, The Foundation of Sustainable Peace

   • David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson, Dean Tjosvold

   Pages 15-53

4. Constructive Conflict Resolution and Sustainable Peace

   • Peter T. Coleman

   Pages 55-84

5. Creative Problem Solving: Not Just About the Problem

   • Daniel L. Shapiro

   Pages 85-104

6. Transforming Communication for Peace

   • Beth Fisher-Yoshida

   Pages 105-120

7. LIF PLUS: The Life-Improving Force of Peaceful Language Use

   • Francisco Gomes de Matos

   Pages 121-129

8. The Role of Equality in Negotiation and Sustainable Peace

   • Cecilia Albin, Daniel Druckman

   Pages 131-151

9. Sustaining Peace through Psychologically Informed Policies: The Geohistorical Context of Malaysia

   • Daniel J. Christie, Noraini M. Noor

   Pages 153-175

10. Justice, Activity, and Narrative: Studying of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence

    • Carolina Muñoz Proto, Susan Opotow

    Pages 177-196

11. Gender and Sustainable Peace

    • Abigail Disney, Leymah Gbowee

    Pages 197-203

12. The Psychodynamics of Peace

    • Alon Gratch

    Pages 205-225

13. Culture of Peace

    • Douglas P. Fry, Marta Miklikowska

    Pages 227-243

14. Reconciliation Between Groups, the Prevention of Violence, and Lasting Peace

    • Ervin Staub

    Pages 245-263

15. Sustainable Peace: A Dynamical Systems Perspective

    • Andrzej Nowak, Lan Bui-Wrzosinska, Robin Vallacher, Peter T. Coleman

    Pages 265-281

16. Fostering Global Citizenship

    • Evelin Lindner

    Pages 283-298

17. A Framework for Thinking About Developing a Global Community

    • Morton Deutsch, Eric C. Marcus, Sarah Brazaitis

    Pages 299-324

18. Education for Sustainable Peace: Practices, Problems and Possibilities

    • Betty A. Reardon

    Pages 325-352

19. Conclusion: The Essence of Peace? Toward a Comprehensive and Parsimonious Model of Sustainable Peace

    • Peter T. Coleman

    Pages 353-369

20. Back Matter

    Pages 371-380

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Scholarship on the psychology of peace has been accumulating for decades. The approach employed has been predominantly centered on addressing and preventing conflict and violence and less on the conditions associated with promoting peace. Concerns around nuclear annihilation, enemy images, discrimination, denial of basic human needs, terrorism and torture have been the focal points of most research. The Psychological Components of a Sustainable Peace moves beyond a prevention-orientation to the study of the conditions for increasing the probabilities for sustainable, cooperative peace. Such a view combines preventative scholarship with a promotive-orientation to the study of peaceful situations and societies. The contributors to this volume examine the components of various psychological theories that contribute to the promotion of a harmonious, sustainable peace. Underlying this orientation is the belief that promoting the ideas and actions which can lead to a sustainable, harmonious peace will not only contribute to the prevention of war, but will also lead to more positive, constructive relations among people and nations and to a more sustainable planet. The Psychological Components of a Sustainable Peace is valuable and stimulating reading for researchers in peace psychology, political psychology, and conflict resolution as well as others who are interested in developing a sustainable, harmonious world.

• effective cooperation
• positive peace
• reconciliation
• social justice

From the reviews:

“Psychological Components of Sustainable Peace … provides empirical support for optimism and valuable suggestions as to how to translate optimism into a less violent world. Although it is likely to be of particular interest to peace psychologists and their graduate students, its emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration and its contributions from experts in areas such as conflict resolution, anthropology, sociology, and linguistics will make it a valuable source for scholars from other social sciences.” (Kathleen Malley-Morrison, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 58 (13), March, 2013)

• Columbia University, International Center for Cooperation and, Teacher's College, NEW YORK, USA

  Peter T. Coleman

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