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Multiculturalism, Conflict Transformation, and Peacebuilding: Practitioner and Client Working Together

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Conflict Resolution and Peace Education

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Conflict has been a salient aspect of the human experience for ages. It has existed globally between nations, locally among various cultural groups, in dyadic relationships, and within individuals. Efforts to resolve, rise above, and transform conflict have been met with a myriad of challenges. These challenges are comprised of systemic, cultural, and individual variables that must be addressed in order to realize progress. The authors believe that transformation of conflict on an individual level creates a foundation for effectively dealing with systemic and cultural issues that evidence conflict and, in so doing, create opportunities for the development of a global culture of sustainable peace. From this perspective, peace is more than the absence of war; it involves freedom, justice, conflict resolution, nonviolence, community building, and democratization of authority (Olusakin, 2007).

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Wynn, R., Wilburn, S.T., West-Olatunji, C. (2010). Multiculturalism, Conflict Transformation, and Peacebuilding: Practitioner and Client Working Together. In: Carter, C.C. (eds) Conflict Resolution and Peace Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230107830_2

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