Conflict Resolution: Cross-Cultural Perspectives - Couverture souple

Avruch, Kevin; Black, Peter W.; Scimecca, Joseph A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0275964426 ISBN 13 : 9780275964429

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1998

Synopsis

This unique collection of comparable case studies addresses the need to assess modes of conflict resolution in a larger sociocultural context with attention to varying approaches and cultural perspectives. Editors Avruch, Black, and Scimecca, together with other anthropologists and sociologists, propose and test different propositions, while looking toward a general theory of conflict and conflict resolution. Their joint effort should be of real interest to sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, indeed to all those concerned with ethnic studies and ethnoconflict today.

The contributors examine different theoretical concepts and approaches to conflict resolution in five different cultures, American, Arab, Asian, Latin American, and Pacific societies. The interdisciplinary study offers a broad range of vantage points for considering interpersonal, community, institutional, and national problems. The authors analyze concepts of personhood, the role of power and authority, ethical values, and methods for negotiating differences, and conflict resolution as an emerging discipline.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

KEVIN AVRUCH is Professor of Anthropology and a member of the Faculty Advisory Board of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, at George Mason University. He has published widely on ethnicity, politics, and religion in Israel and the Middle East and, with Peter W. Black, on culture and conflict resolution. He is the author of Culture and Conflict Resolution (USIP Press, 1998).

PETER W. BLACK is Professor of Anthropology and a member of the Faculty Advisory Board of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, at George Mason University. He is a specialist on Oceania and has published numerous articles on religion, ethno-psychology, dispute behavior and, with Kevin Avruch, on culture and conflict resolution.

JOSEPH A. SCIMECCA is Professor of Sociology at George Mason University. He is Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and formerly Director of the Center for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. His main areas of research are sociological theory, conflict resolution, and public policy. He is currently completing a book entitled Counsel of the Wicked.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0275964426
• ISBN 13: 9780275964429
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible