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The Psychology of Peace An Introduction
Rachel M. MacNair
Book Code: C7855
ISBN: 0-275-97855-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97855-6
256 pages, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/2003
List Price: $78.95 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This accurately titled and well-written survey of peace psychology provides an excellent introduction for general readers or undergraduate students. In addition to an informed discussion of the psychological causes and effects of violence and nonviolence, MacNair provides a useful chronology of peace psychology, a list of references, and a detailed index....Attractive features of the book include its lack of jargon and its clear delineation of the various approaches to conflict from the interpersonal to the international level. Highly recommended. General readers and undergraduates.
    —Choice     April 2004
Description: For individual health, healing professionals study first the causes and effects of diseases, then how to treat them. A similar quest for recovery--but a recovery of societal health--is the focal point for The Psychology of Peace. Accordingly, the first theme of the book is the causes and effects of violence. Next is the study of treatment, which in this case means causes and effects of behavior designed to counter violence. Further study of treatment is presented in problem-solving approaches to real-world situations: for example, understanding conflict resolution when both parties are willing, as well as nonviolent struggle when one side is not. This volume includes practical guidance for policy-makers, activists, researchers, and anyone who wants to better understand this major aspect of the human condition. The only single-authored textbook in the field of peace psychology at its publish date, this volume lays out concepts in a uniform and lively style. Intended to support current thinking and stimulate further research, this volume gives an overview of the field. Points still in controversy are identified as such, and alternative views offered where appropriate.
Table of Contents:
  • Psychological Causes of Violence
  • Psychological Effects of Violence
  • Psychological Causes of Nonviolence
  • Psychological Effects of Nonviolence
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Nonviolent Struggle and Social Movements
  • Public Policy Issues of Violence
  • Gentle Lives and Culture
  • Chart of Sections of Most Interest to Other Disciplines and Sub-disciplines of Psychology
  • Short Chronology
  • References
LC Card Number: 2002028307
LCC Class: JZ5538
Dewey Class: 303
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