ISBN:
0521547857
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0521839149
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9780511334672
,
9781281040329
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9780521547857
,
9780521839143
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 379 p)
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Peace Psychology : A Comprehensive Introduction
DDC:
303.66
Keywords:
Peace Psychological aspects
;
Peace
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The first comprehensive introduction to the rapidly growing research area of peace psychology
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; The scope, structure and content of this book; Contents; Search strategy; Part I Introduction; 1 Trends in peace psychology; Research growth; Peace psychology taxonomy; Christie, Wagner and Winter's 2 X 2 classification; Some general considerations; Conflict resolution; Panoply of contributions; An interdisciplinary cautionary note; Cognition and government; Violence, nonviolence and problem-solving; Behavioural science contributions; Additional studies; Summary and conclusion; Part II Interdisciplinary practice
Description / Table of Contents:
2 Government policy and international relationsEthnopolitical conflict; Social psychology and personality; 'Core' topics; Power and motives; Additional research; Deterrence and arms control; Arms control; Democracy, alliances and aftermath of the Cold War; Alliances; American-Soviet relationships, the Cold War and its aftermath; International organizations; Summary and conclusion; 3 Education; Pre-secondary level; Secondary school level and undifferentiated; Post-secondary and general; Summary and conclusion; Websites and indexes of peace education curricula; 4 The feminist approach
Description / Table of Contents:
Understanding the feminist approach to peace psychologyPsychological theories applied to the feminist perspective of conflict and peace; Testing women's attitudes to peace and war; Women and violence; Effects of conflict on women; Girl soldiers; Additional studies; Summary and conclusion; 5 Philosophy, ethics and religion; Quasi-philosophical considerations; Ethics; Theology; Summary and conclusion; Part III Primary psychological topics; 6 Developmental issues: children and adolescents; Young people's attitudes and understandings of war and conflict; Attitudes to nuclear war
Description / Table of Contents:
Children and adolescents as peacemakersChild soldiers; The impact of violent conflict on psychological development; General; Buried trauma and secondary traumatization; Refugee children; The Balkans; The Middle East; Northern Ireland; Rwanda; South Africa; South America; United States; Additional studies; Summary and conclusion; 7 Theory and practice related to primary psychological topics: attitudes, psychodynamics, cognition and images, and aggression; Attitudes; General; Personality traits; Nuclear war; War with conventional weapons; Genocide; Psychodynamics
Description / Table of Contents:
Causes of conflict - are we capable of peaceful behaviour?Intergenerational transmission of trauma; Nuclear annihilation; Ameliorating violence; Additional studies; Cognition and images: war effects, cooperation and the future; Perception; Cognitive complexity; Prospect theory; Additional studies; Aggression; What is aggression, in terms of political violence?; Defending the role and extent of aggression in conflict; Aggression and conflict; Human needs theory; Additional studies; Summary and conclusion; 8 Language and communication; International relations and government
Description / Table of Contents:
Governmental and other intergroup communication
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-344) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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