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A Practical Handbook for Peace-building in
The Arab World: Translating and Distributing The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory
and Practice(2006). Edited by Morton Deutsch, Peter T. Coleman,
and Eric Marcus, this handbook gathers essential knowledge about the origins and
effective resolution of conflict; and providing materials on violence, justice,
cooperation, social change, models of practice for training, mediation, and
approaches for developing conflict resolution skills. We are currently
translating the book into Arabic, since materials in Arabic addressing topics
related to conflict and conflict resolution are scarce, and organizing to
distribute it at low cost or no cost to universities, NGOs, and others working
for peace in Arab-speaking countries. Our staffs’ knowledge in both conflict
resolution and in Arabic language and culture will assure a translation that is
both accurate and culturally relevant and sensitive.
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Conflict Book Translated into Arabic in NYC
By DEEPTI HAJELA |Associated Press Writer
December 11, 2008
NEW YORK - A handbook that looks at research into conflict
resolution and the practical ways it can be applied has been
translated into Arabic.
Columbia University Professor Peter Coleman, who co-edited "The
Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice," said the
idea came up in 2005, when the book was being edited for its second
edition. He heard from colleagues around the Mideast engaged in
peace-building work, who said an Arabic version of the text would
be helpful to them.
Funding from outside sources was unavailable, but the project
went ahead anyway, and now the Arabic version should be ready to go
by mid-month. Coleman hopes to get it to the people who initially
asked for it shortly after that, and out for wider release early
next month.
"There are a lot of very brave extraordinary people living and
working in difficult circumstances trying to make a difference.
These are the people that called us and said, 'We really need these
kinds of materials,"' Coleman said. "We're applying the
scientific method to study what works, why and under what
conditions."
School Violence and Safety: Operation Impact is ½ of a Good Plan Peter T. Coleman The Bloomberg administration should be commended for their increased efforts to bolster a climate of safety in the New York City public schools. Reports of serious crimes in city schools are down 23% over the past two years, following a national trend. Despite these gains, students in the U. S. ages 12-18 were victims of about 2 million nonfatal crimes of violence or theft at school in 2001, (the last year for which complete statistics are available), and reports of bullying and intimidation rose in schools from 5% of students in 2000 to 8% in 2001. Undoubtedly, much more needs to be done to enhance the climate of safety in our schools. Read more...
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 263-266 Published Online: 10 Dec 2007 Book Review: Constructive Conflict Resolution Wendy S. Pachter Deutsch, M., Coleman, P.T. & Marcus, E. C. ( Eds. ). The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice . San Francisco , CA : John Wiley & Sons , 2006 .
It is difficult to imagine a social issue that is more central to human interaction or that offers greater possibilities for creatively constructive or devastatingly destructive outcomes than social conflict. Conflict between individuals in families, schools and communities; ethnic, religious or other groups; organizations such as corporations and labor unions; nations; or across these levels is at the heart of many issues studied by SPSSI members. Professor Deutsch, the senior editor of The Handbook of Conflict Resolution, has devoted approximately 60 years to the study of social processes related to conflict and its resolution, as well as to the education and development of psychologists and others who advance our understanding of, and ability to constructively intervene in, conflicts of many varieties and in many contexts. The second edition of The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice (hereafter, The Handbook) is both a breathtakingly comprehensive application of the resources of psychological (particularly social psychological) science and theory to understanding and managing conflicts, and a tribute to the vast range of theory, research, and applications developed as a result of Professor Deutsch's contributions. The second edition of this book is enriched by the inclusion of some wonderful and stimulating new chapters by experts in fields other than psychology, as well as by revisions of many of the original chapters. The scope and size of The Handbook preclude discussing individual chapters (of which there are 37), so this review focuses on the book overall. Read more...
