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Mediation and negotiation, personal transformation, non-violent struggle in the community and the world: these behaviors—and their underlying values—underpin the United Nations’ definition of a culture of peace, and are crucial to the creation of such a culture. The **Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace** addresses this complex and daunting task by presenting an accessible blueprint for this development. Its perspectives are international and interdisciplinary, involving the developing as well as the developed world, with illustrations of states and citizens using peace-based values to create progress on the individual, community, national, and global levels. The result is both realistic and visionary, a prescription for a secure future. A sampling of topics covered in the **Handbook**: * Basic components of a culture of peace (including education, tolerance, gender equality, human rights, and sustainable development), and how each strengthens the whole. * The politics and socioeconomics of a culture of peace. * The relationship of personal to cultural change. * Applying peace concepts in the law enforcement, justice, and prison systems. * Community reconciliation and post-confl

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Author

Joseph de Rivera (auth.), Joseph de Rivera (eds.)

Publisher

Springer-Verlag New York

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781281913302

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Science, Sociology