The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts [Three Volumes] From War to Peace

Subjects:

• Psychology » Psychology (General)
• Military Studies » Military Studies (General)
• Political Science » Political Science (General)
• Political Science » International Relations

Reviews:

• Among the many multi-authored works on political violence published since 9/11, this is one of the best and most expansive. Fitzduff and Stout bring together 36 valuable contributions by 51 authors (all psychologists) exploring the issues of war and conflict resolution. Volume 1 offers diverse perspectives on the causal factors of political violence; volume 2 focuses on the role of group and social factors in causing peaceful or violent outcomes; and volume 3 outlines the modalities of intervention to stop conflict and promote reconciliation and peace. Fitzduff's introductory chapter provides helpful overviews of the main theoretical and practical issues. Her conclusion reiterates the increasing utility of psychology in identifying both the causes of wars and violence within states and the means to move toward peace. She includes in these volumes a 15-point summary of the findings and suggestions, which she hopes will inform the decisions of policy makers. Although this idealism is laudable, policy makers have little interest in sound scholarship or translating academic wisdom into practice. But this is must reading for those concerned about a peaceful future. Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above.
  —Choice December 2006
• [T]he real value for the military professional is the perspective each volume provides on such issues as warring, conflict, and peace. This set will make an invaluable contribution to the library of any military professional, defense intellectual, or academician concerned with the conduct of war, peacekeeping, or stability operations.
  —PARAMETERS Spring 2006

Table of Contents:

• Volume One: Nature vs. Nurture
• Series Foreword: by Chris E. Stout
• Ending Wars: Developments, Theories, and Practice by Mari Fitzduff
• Human Nature, Ethnic Violence, and War by Melvin Konner
• Tribal, "Ethnic," and Global Wars, by R. Brian Ferguson
• The Neuropsychology of Conflict: Implications for Peacemaking, by Douglas Noll
• Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing, by James Waller
• Fundamentalism, Violence, and War, by Harold Ellens
• Humiliation, Killing, War, and Gender, by Evelin G. Lindner
• Lessons for the Rest of Us: Learning from Peaceful Societies, by Bruce Bonta and Douglas Fry
• Integrative Complexity and Decisionmaking in International Confrontations, by Peter Suedfeld, D. Leighton, and L. G. Conway
• Emotion, Alienation, and Narratives in Protracted Conflict, by Suzanne Retzinger and Thomas Scheff
• The Capacity for Religious Experience Is an Evolutionary Adaptation to Warfare, by Allen MacNeill
• Conflict Transformation: A Group Relations Perspective, by Tracy Wallach
• Mapping Theories of Practice and Change in Ethnic Conflict Interventions, by Daniel Shapiro and Vanessa Liu
• Conclusions: What Can We Do? by Mari Fitzduff
• Volume Two: Group and Social Factors
• Series Foreword: Chris E. Stout
• Ending Wars: Developments, Theories, and Practice, by Mari Fitzduff
• The Cultural and Psychological Origins of War with Notes on Prevention, by Ervin Staub
• The Cultural Constructions of Conflict and Peace, by Paul Pedersen
• Intrastate Conflict: Instigation, Propagation, and Resolution, by Neil Ferguson
• Contributory Ingredients in Conflict and Warring, by Chris E. Stout
• Intergroup Contact and the Improvement of Intergroup Relations, by Nicole Tausch, Jared Kenworthy, and Miles Hewstone
• Lessons from Interactive Problem Solving for the Policy Process, by Herb Kelman
• Dialogue and Social Justice in Workshops of Jews and Arabs in Israel, by Ifat Maoz
• National Identity Formation and Conflict Intentions, by Karyna Korostelina
• Adolescents and Political Violence, by Brian Barber, Julie Schluterman, Ellen Denny, and Robert McCouch
• Violence Begets Violence: The Consequences of Violence Become Causation, by Rachel MacNair
• Intimate Enemies: Towards a Social Psychology of Reconciliation, by Kimberly Theidon
• Conclusions: What Can We Do? by Mari Fitzduff
• Volume Three: Interventions
• Series Foreword, by Chris E. Stout
• Ending Wars: Developments, Theories, and Practice, by Mari Fitzduff
• Theories of Practice and Change in Ethnic Conflict Interventions, by Ilana Shapiro
• Peacemaking among Higher-Order Primates, by Jordan Peterson
• Interactive Conflict Resolution: Addressing Violent Ethnopolitical Conflict, by Ronald Fisher
• Creative Approaches to Reconciliation, by Cynthia Cohen
• The Role of "Voice" in Conflict Deescalation and Resolution, by Tamara D'Estree
• Building a Peace Constituency: Implementing a Peace Agreement in the Middle East, by Byron Bland, Brenda Marea Powell, and Lee Ross
• A Diplomacy Conflict Resolution Program, by Stephen Fabick
• Using Psychosocial-Healing in Post-Conflict Reconstruction, by Paula Gutlove and Gordon Thompson
• Reintegrating Demobilized Militia and Former Combatants: Lessons Learned in Somalia, by Jane Mocellin and H. Bulhan
• Child Soldering: Entry, Reintegration, and Breaking Cycles of Violence, by Mike Wessels
• Revisiting Military Persuasion and the War on Terror, by Stephen Cimbala
• The Psychology of Successful War: Considerations for War on Terrorism, by Steven Silver
• Cultural Precursors and Psychological Consequences of Contemporary Western Responses to Acts of Terror, by Bill Durodié
• Conclusions--What Can We Do? by Mari Fitzduff