Foreward
George Lakey, as a professor of peace studies, frames the importance of this book to build our capacity for peace in a world that still views violence as a resolution method in conflicts of all scales.
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About Quakers and the Author
The author explains who Quakers are, and their longstanding interest in responding to violence with peace. The Quaker perspective of the author has informed many of the examples of the book.
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Introduction
The author explains that he saw a need for a practical, skills-oriented book on peacebuilding.
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Using this Book
This chapter lays out the structure behind the book and how it intends to guide readers toward actions that individuals can take through many practice activities that are best done in a study …
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Section 1
This section page describes the goals of the section to understand forms of power and skills related to understanding problems.
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What Peace is Not
This chapter shows the reader that on our journey to understand peace and help it spread, we need to understand more about ourselves and what motivates us to do the things we do. In order to …
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Us and Others
This chapter explores how we react to others different from us and studies on how we can begin to perceive others as less different and threatening. The chapter concludes with tips to feel and …
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Power-over
This chapter starts with a look at the assumed relationship between power and violence, and introduces and dissects a concept called power-over. Power-over is rooted in violence or punishment, …
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Power-with and Power-from-within
The author describes characteristics of power-with, and offers tips on how it can be recognized and developed in different contexts. The chapter concludes with the introduction of a third type of …
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Process and Change
This chapter considers how we form judgments about others. It also points out the importance of allowing processes to take their time to unfold. The chapter concludes with tips and activities to …
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Section 2
This page introduces the section on Communication Skills and their role in the peace process.
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Firm Belief
This chapter examines how holding firm beliefs and worldviews are related to identity formation, and how this process is amplified in the age of the internet. The author points out that ideas …
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Treating Emotions with Care
This chapter builds from the last, guiding the reader to conduct a belief-changing conversation with sensitivity and care to make the opening to other ideas as comfortable as possible. He offers …
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Communication
The author examines what is known about how people tend to communicate and offers tips and perspectives on how to increase understanding and reduce tension, including an explanation of the …
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Conflict
This chapter is intended to help the reader make sense of conflicts, offering conflict analysis tools and perspectives. There are substantial tips, exercises and case studies in this chapter.
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Section 3
This page outlines the following chapters about the impacts of violence, and how peace can emerge amid violence.
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Seeing Violence
This chapter helps us to see how violence is embedded in just about every aspect of our culture and actions, especially in our global and intricately connected world. It frames the challenge that …
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What's Natural?
This chapter examines the question of how humans naturally relate to violence, considering archeological, anthropological, biological and psychological evidence. The author asserts that the …
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Safety
In this chapter, the author considers research about how we perceive safety, as well as what keeps us safe from violence. He also explores factors that can lead to adults being unsafe or violent, …
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When Hate Rises
This chapter considers situations where hate emerges, and uses research to examine and clarify common understandings about why hate has emerged. He provides tips on how to respond to and confront …
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Violence in Social Change
In this chapter about examining the role of violence in bringing about social change, the author provides evidence that nonviolent campaigns are more effective for social change, in part because …
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Who Benefits?
This chapter brings a new, powerful question to frame conflict situations. The author looks at research that examines how and why we engage in conflict situations, and the surprising benefits of …
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Oppressors and Victims
The author explores how narratives of oppressors and victims fit into dynamics of violence. He considers the surprising ways that our narratives which inform how we engage in conflict situations …
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Section 4
This page explains that the section will build skills for inner peace and self-care.
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Connection
This chapter begins by outlining the modern stresses and sources of disconnection on the human nervous system, and how that can create violent behaviours. It then continues to describe how …
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Changing Ourselves
This chapter reminds us of the importance of readiness for changes within ourselves such as healing and forgiveness, and that these processes cannot be rushed. It further examines evidence for …
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Section 5
This page indicates the final section will be about bringing peace into larger scale problems of conflict and international crises .
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Who's Dreaming?
This chapter provides clarity about how rarely violent conflict and war produce clearcut peaceful results, and how they can amplify the problems at hand rather than resolve them. Then it reminds …
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Just War, Just Peace, and Responsibility
In this chapter, the author considers alternatives to war, first by unpacking our historical assumptions about war as a resolution tool. It also looks at various peacekeeping tools and considers …
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Unarmed Civilian Protection
This chapter considers research about how unarmed civilians can be helpful in a war situation, work that is rooted in relationship-building. The chapter concludes with a case study and a …
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Mediation
The author explains the role of mediation in conflict resolution, and distinguishes it from negotiation. He examines the challenges of mediation, including mistrust in the mediator or the process …
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Peace Education
This chapter introduces the role of peace education, the various contexts in which it can occur, the techniques that make it effective, and the challenges that arise. There is a long case study …
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What Peace Is
This final chapter arrives at defining peace, revealing it as a continual and dynamic process rather than a static state. The chapter shifts focus to the concept of peacebuilding to reflect this.
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Appendix 1
This appendix aims to clarify the important idea of a peacebuilding culture by naming and describing its components.
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Appendix 2
This second appendix is to help anyone who wants to facilitate the group activities described throughout the book by providing an overview of facilitation and general tips, organized as …
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Notes
Notes on each chapter
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Index
Index
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About New Society Publishers
Information about the publisher
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