Mobilizing for Peace: Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland, Israel/Palestine, and South Africa

by Benjamin Gidron, Stanley N. Katz, Yeheskel Hasenfeld

Overview

Mobilizing for Peace brings together the work of international experts to provide an in-depth study of thirty-three peace/conflict organizations in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Israel/Palestine. The contributors show how the sociopolitical and cultural context of the conflict in each region has shaped the type of resolution organizations that have emerged and their conception of the conflict and its resolution. By promoting more humane images of the contestants and by offering alternative peaceful approaches to resolve the conflict, the organizations have successfully galvanized previously weak or non-existent pro-peace political forces to become important players in the political struggle for peace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195125924
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/28/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.10(d)
Lexile:	1580L (what's this?)

About the Author

Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva

Princeton University

University of California Los Angeles, School of Public Policy

Editorial Reviews

" We highly recommend the Gidron, Katz and Hasenfeld book. This is a systematic, theory-based study of third sector organizations, which have very rarely been studied before. This study contributed significantly to the understanding of their structure and dynamics."— Administration in Social Work

"A significant contribution to the growing literature on the expanding role of citizens' groups and associations in peace processes and conflict resolution. Recommended."—CHOICE

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