Peace Psychology: A Comprehensive Introduction

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
The scope, structure and content of this book......Page 11
Contents......Page 13
Search strategy......Page 15
Part I Introduction......Page 17
1 Trends in peace psychology......Page 19
Research growth......Page 20
Peace psychology taxonomy......Page 23
Christie, Wagner and Winter's 2 X 2 classification......Page 25
Some general considerations......Page 26
Panoply of contributions......Page 27
An interdisciplinary cautionary note......Page 28
Behavioural science contributions......Page 29
Additional studies......Page 30
Summary and conclusion......Page 31
Part II Interdisciplinary practice......Page 33
Ethnopolitical conflict......Page 35
Social psychology and personality......Page 37
‘Core’ topics......Page 39
Power and motives......Page 40
Deterrence and arms control......Page 41
Democracy, alliances and aftermath of the Cold War......Page 42
Alliances......Page 43
International organizations......Page 44
Summary and conclusion......Page 45
Pre-secondary level......Page 47
Secondary school level and undifferentiated......Page 48
Post-secondary and general......Page 50
Websites related to sustainable development......Page 52
Understanding the feminist approach to peace psychology......Page 53
Psychological theories applied to the feminist perspective of conflict and peace......Page 55
Testing women's attitudes to peace and war......Page 56
Effects of conflict on women......Page 57
Girl soldiers......Page 59
Summary and conclusion......Page 61
Quasi-philosophical considerations......Page 62
Ethics......Page 64
Theology......Page 65
Summary and conclusion......Page 67
Part III Primary psychological topics......Page 69
Young people's attitudes and understandings of war and conflict......Page 71
Attitudes to nuclear war......Page 74
Children and adolescents as peacemakers......Page 75
Child soldiers......Page 77
General......Page 79
Refugee children......Page 80
The Middle East......Page 82
Northern Ireland......Page 84
South America......Page 85
Summary and conclusion......Page 86
General......Page 87
Personality traits......Page 89
Nuclear war......Page 90
War with conventional weapons......Page 91
Genocide......Page 92
Causes of conflict - are we capable of peaceful behaviour?......Page 94
Ameliorating violence......Page 96
Perception......Page 97
Cognitive complexity......Page 98
Prospect theory......Page 99
What is aggression, in terms of political violence?......Page 100
Aggression and conflict......Page 101
Human needs theory......Page 102
Summary and conclusion......Page 103
International relations and government......Page 104
Governmental and other intergroup communication......Page 105
Constructive controversy......Page 106
Other disciplines......Page 107
Cooperation and violence reduction......Page 108
Summary and conclusion......Page 109
Part IV Core topics in peace and environmental studies......Page 111
Books......Page 113
Books......Page 116
Articles......Page 117
Negotiation in international and national intergroup disputes......Page 119
On techniques supporting international negotiation......Page 121
Training......Page 122
Problem-solving and decision-making......Page 123
Mediation in international and national intergroup disputes......Page 124
Problem-solving workshops......Page 125
Peace Brigades......Page 126
Conflict: starting, stopping and using constructively......Page 127
National/intergroup, additional research......Page 128
Aspects of conflict......Page 130
Bargaining support (web and computers)......Page 132
Laboratory experiments and surveys of bargaining......Page 133
On social-emotional and task behaviour......Page 134
Turning to the task side of negotiation......Page 137
Simulations of bargaining......Page 142
Activities......Page 143
Conflict in small groups......Page 144
Summary and conclusion......Page 146
10 Emergency decisions, crisis management and the effects of conflicts......Page 149
Ethnopolitical warfare and resultant trauma......Page 150
Potential impact of catastrophic war......Page 152
Theoretical matters......Page 153
Applications......Page 154
Summary and conclusion......Page 155
Nonviolence......Page 157
Peace movements......Page 158
Participation in peace movements......Page 159
Other approaches......Page 160
Individual motivation and experience......Page 161
Summary and conclusion......Page 164
The nature of war......Page 165
Historical perspectives......Page 167
History and precepts......Page 168
Psychological areas......Page 170
Bargaining and diplomacy......Page 172
Peacemaking......Page 173
Peacebuilding......Page 175
13 The Middle East, Russia and other specific areas......Page 178
Middle East, general......Page 179
Israel-Egypt......Page 180
Middle East, other......Page 182
Attitudes......Page 183
Attitudes, other......Page 186
Trauma......Page 187
Psychological aspects and emotions......Page 188
Peace initiative......Page 189
Intergroup workshops......Page 190
Anti-war groups......Page 191
Specific areas......Page 194
South Africa......Page 197
South Africa, other......Page 199
Asia......Page 200
Cambodia......Page 201
China......Page 202
Croatia......Page 203
Eastern Europe......Page 204
England......Page 205
Germany......Page 206
Guatemala......Page 207
Japan......Page 208
Korea......Page 209
Liberia......Page 210
Pakistan......Page 211
Spain......Page 212
Summary and conclusion......Page 213
14 Sustainable development......Page 215
Specific problems......Page 216
Specific arenas......Page 217
Practical suggestions (including some underlying principles)......Page 220
Underlying principles (including some practical views)......Page 223
Summary and conclusion......Page 225
Part V Terrorism......Page 227
15 Terrorist threats......Page 229
Defining terrorism......Page 230
Issues in methodology......Page 231
Psychopathology and terrorism......Page 232
A terrorist personality......Page 234
Religion and terrorism......Page 235
The psychoanalytic approach......Page 237
Normal behaviour in extremely aversive conditions......Page 238
The cognitive approach......Page 239
The social approach......Page 243
Psychology's contribution to the reduction of terrorism and conflict resolution......Page 245
Additional studies......Page 248
Summary and conclusion......Page 249
16 Victims of terrorism......Page 250
Acute exposure and mental health......Page 251
Cognitive-emotional effects......Page 253
On-going terrorism......Page 255
Victims of terrorism and the media......Page 257
Interventions......Page 258
Summary and conclusion......Page 260
References......Page 262
Index......Page 361