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This chapter introduces the International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation, the second volume in a series being published by Springer; the first volume was the International Handbook of War, Torture, and Terrorism. This chapter begins by describing the Group on International Perspectives on Governmental Aggression and Peace (GIPGAP) and international team that administered the Personal and Institutional Rights to Aggression and Peace Survey (PAIRTAPS) in more than 40 countries around the world. It also describes recruitment procedures for participants and both the grounded theory and deductive qualitative analyses that were used to code qualitative survey responses. It provides a brief summary of Albert Bandura’s theory of moral disengagement and our expansion of that theory to identify sociocognitive mechanisms reflective of moral engagement. It concludes with an overview of the sections and chapters in the book.
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My deepest gratitude goes to the Provost’s Office and the Department of Psychology at Boston University, which have provided support for this project for several years. My thanks also go to all the team members who have contributed to this book project by recruiting participants, translating responses, creating Excel and SPSS files, helping in the development of coding manuals, coding qualitative responses, and innumerable other tasks. Special thanks to Mary Blumenfeld, Shivali Viswanath, Regina Amarello, Lina Vadlamani, Aixa Rivera, Sarena Friedman, Jessica Lenoch, Holly Cohen, Shane O’Neil, Kesha Aridou, Aliza Sial, Barbara Malley, Lauren Moss-Racusin, Laura Marcucci, and Caroline Stack for all of their work.
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Malley-Morrison, K. (2013). Introduction to International Handbook on Peace and Reconciliation for Springer Publishing. In: Malley-Morrison, K., Mercurio, A., Twose, G. (eds) International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation. Peace Psychology Book Series, vol 7. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5933-0_1
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