The little book of conflict transformation : clear articulation of the guiding principles by a pioneer in the field

Format:

Book (regular print)

Title:

The little book of conflict transformation : clear articulation of the guiding principles by a pioneer in the field

Other title(s):

Conflict transformation

Author:

Lederach, John Paul. author

ISBN:

9781561483907

Publication:

New York, New York : Good Books, 2003.

Physical Description:

74 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Series title(s):

Little books of justice & peacebuilding.

Contents:

Conflict transformation? -- The lenses of conflict transformation -- Defining conflict transformation -- Conflict and change -- Connecting resolution and transformation -- Creating a map of conflict -- Process-structures as platforms for change -- Developing our capacities -- Applying the framework -- Conclusions.

Subject(s):

Conflict management.

Social conflict.

Holds:

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Summary

A guide to conflict resolution, or as the author prefers, "conflict transformation" that emphasizes the importance of building relationships and social structures through a radical respect for human rights and life.

This clearly articulated statement offers a hopeful and workable approach to conflict--that eternally beleaguering human situation. John Paul Lederach is internationally recognized for his breakthrough thinking and action related to conflict on all levels--person-to-person, factions within communities, warring nations. He explores why "conflict transformation " is more appropriate than "conflict resolution " or " management ." But he refuses to be drawn into impractical idealism. Topics include:
Defining Conflict Transformation Conflict and Change Connecting Resolution and Transformation Creating a Map of Conflict Developing Our Capacities And much more!
Firmly rooted in faith and Mennonite teachings, and related to the popular concept of restorative justice, conflict transformation is an idea with a deep reach. Its practice, says Lederach, requires "both solutions and social change." It asks not simply "How do we end something not desired?" but "How do we end something destructive and build something desired?" How do we deal with the immediate crisis, as well as the long-term situation? What disciplines make such thinking and practices possible?

This title is part of The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding series.

Author Notes

John Paul Lederach , a scholar with the Joan Kroc Institute of Conflict Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a distinguished scholar with the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University, writes out of his more than twenty years of work in Central America, Asia, Africa, Central Asia, and North America.

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

Conflict transformation, best characterized as an orientation or framework, is as far from a practical tool as possible, says Lederach (international peace building, Joan B. Kroch Inst.). Instead, it offers "perspective on conflict and change." Though Lederach considers conflict on personal, relational, structural, and cultural levels, his extremely wide focus is on societal conflicts; these are optimistically seen as opportunities to create "constructive changereduce violence, increase justiceand respond to real-life problems in human relationships." This book has zero practicality on the individual level, but it would be useful for those studying/helping global-sized problems "in contexts where there are repeated and deep-rooted cycles of conflict episodes that have created destructive and violent patterns," as in the Middle East or Northern Ireland. Similarly, community activists, politicians, diplomats, or think tankers might use the book to construct or conceptualize a framework to gain intellectual control over large issues. Appropriate for collections with aheavy emphasis on business relations, international affairs, and peace studies.-Douglas C. Lord, formerly with Connecticut State Lib., Hartford (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.