The psychology of peace promotion : global perspectives on personal peace, children and adolescents, and social justice

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    • Njoku, Mary Gloria C.
    • Jason, Leonard A.
    • Johnson, R. Burke

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The psychology of peace promotion : global perspectives on personal peace, children and adolescents, and social justice

Mary Gloria C. Njoku, Leonard A. Jason, R. Burke Johnson, editors

(Peace psychology book series)

Springer, c2019

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This volume Psychology of Peace Promotion builds on previous volumes of peace psychology, extending its contributions by drawing from peace research and practices from five continents - Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. The book discusses emerging disciplinary and inter-disciplinary theories and actions. Each chapter begins with a theoretical framework for understanding peace, followed by a critical review of peace promotion in a specific setting, and concludes with an illustration of psychological principles or theories in either a narrative format or an empirical investigation. This volume develops, as well as guides, its readers on the epistemology of promoting and sustaining peace in varied settings around the world. This book presents relevant, cutting-edge peace promotion strategies to anyone interested in promoting peace more effectively, including peace practitioners, scholars, teachers, and researchers, as well as the general reader. It presents a number of innovative approaches, illustrating their applications to specific social problems, settings and populations. In addition, this volume has much in store for both academic and practice-based scientists in the field of peace psychology, mental health professionals, administrators, educators, and graduate students from various disciplines. The goal is the promotion and sustenance of peace, using theoretically sound, yet innovative and creative approaches. As expressed by the United Nations Secretary, "peace does not occur by happenstance." Promoting and sustaining peace requires reflective, thoughtful, and targeted efforts. This book inspires its readers to develop a better understanding of peace and the means of promoting peace in a sustainable way.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview Part I: Personal PeaceChapter 1: Promoting Peace through Mindfulness - Mirjam Quinn Chapter 2: Mindfulness and Peace - Lynn Waelde Chapter 3: Empathic Assessment Heuristic - Carlos Hoyt Part II: Children and Youth Chapter 4: Promoting a Peaceful Generation through Parenting, Education, and Civic Engagement - Erin Paavola Chapter 5: Raising a Peaceful Generation - Sherry Cheng Chapter 6: Finding Light In the Barrios of Caracas: A Peace-Promotion Initiative with Marginalized Youth - Maria Elisa Castillo, Carolina Izquiel, Manuel Llorens, & Martin La Roche Chapter 7: Cultural Scars and Lost Innocence. The Psychology of the African Child: Debasement and Renewal - Emmanuel Mbaezue & Kathleen Malley-Morrison Chapter 8: Peace Education - Toshiaki Sasao Chapter 9: Developmental Psychology and Peace - Gabriel Velez & Maria Cecilia Dedios Part III: Peace in Diverse Cultural Contexts Chapter 10: Diversity and Peace - Matthew Bereza Chapter 11: Social Networks that Promote Peace - Leonard Jason Chapter 12: Making Humanitarian Organizations/Programs Culturally Relevant for Minority Population within the Middle East - Kyle A. Msall Chapter 13: Violence within Corrections: The Intersection of Feminist Criminology, Peace, Psychology and Human Rights - Alana Van Gundy Yoder & Susan Marcus Mendoza Chapter 14: Diversity and Human Rights - Jessica Evans Chapter 15: Traditional Methods of Promoting Peace in Southwest and Southeast, Nigeria - Mary Gloria C. Njoku, Christian C. Anieke, Prisca Isiwu, & Babajide Gideon Adeyinka Chapter 16: Promoting Peace through Religious Strategies - Mary Gloria C. Njoku & Abok Danladi Atu Chapter 17: Truth, Forgiving, and Reconciling: Pathways to Peace and the Context of Refugees - Raymond F. Paloutzian, Patrick Luyten, & Zeynep Sagir Chapter 18: Forgiveness and Peace - Jean Hill & Ian T. Williamson Part IV: Promoting Peace and Social Justice Chapter 19: Social Justice and Peace - Linda M. Woolf Chapter 20: Creating and Sustaining Peace through Storytelling - Mary Gloria C. Njoku & Jessica Senehi Chapter 21: Turning Problems into Potential: Positive Social Movement Dynamics - Rachel MacNair Chapter 22: Environmental Psychology and Peace - Olaifa Temitope Abimbola Chapter 23: Peace Research by Peaceful Means - Diane Bretherton & Siew Fang Law Epilogue: by the Editors

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  • NCID
    BB28632012
  • ISBN
    • 9783030149420
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxvii, 414 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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