ISBN:
9781461419488
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Peace Psychology Book Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.6609496
Keywords:
Peace-building ; Balkan Peninsula..
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Peace..
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Peace ; Psychological aspects
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Abstract:
This comprehensive introuction covers the development of peace psychology in the Balkans, a region marked by conflict and transitional turmoil. The book is written by scholars from Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Croatia, and Slovenia.
Abstract:
Intro -- Peace Psychology in the Balkans -- Acknowledgements -- The Editors -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Peace Psychology in the Balkans: In Times Past, Present, and Future -- Contributions of Research and Practice in the Balkans to Peace Psychology -- The Balkan Region -- Explaining the Past -- Examining the Present -- Envisioning the Future -- References -- Part I: Explaining the Past -- Chapter 2: Ethnic Conflict and Reconciliation in Post-Communist Romania -- Zoom Out: The Demographic-Economic Account -- Demography -- Economy -- Migration -- The Demographic-Economic Account and Romanian-Hungarian Ethnic Conflict -- Zoom in: History, Ideology, and Identity -- Changing Foundational Myths and National Enemies -- Reciprocal Fear, Manipulation, and Mobilization -- Ethnic Reconciliation: The Post-Communist Identity Shift -- Socio-Economic Collapse and the Resurrection of the Pro-Western Orientation -- Pro-Western Orientation and Interethnic Tolerance -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Theories of Ethnocentrism and Their Implications for Peacebuilding* -- Ethnocentrism -- What Causes Ethnocentrism? -- Ethnocentrism Is Caused by Threat and Insecurity -- Realistic Group Conflict Theory -- Authoritarian Personality Theory -- Terror Management Theory -- Summary and Implications -- Ethnocentrism Is Caused by Self-Aggrandizement -- Social Identity Perspective -- Elite Theory -- Social Dominance Theory -- Threat and Self-Aggrandizement Integration: The Dual Process Cognitive-Motivational Theory -- Summary and Implications -- Ethnocentrism Is Caused by Preference for the Similar -- Belief Congruence Theory -- Optimal Distinctiveness Theory -- Summary and Implications -- Ethnocentrism Is Caused by Proneness to Simplification -- Role of Ignorance -- Summary and Implications -- Ethnocentrism Is Caused by Social Factors.
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