Keeping the peace : conflict resolution and peaceful societies around the world /

Keeping the peace : conflict resolution and peaceful societies around the world / edited by Graham Kemp and Douglas P. Fry. - xv, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - War and society ; v. 8 . - War and society (Routledge (Firm)) ; v. 8. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index.

Foreword / The Concept of Peaceful Societies / A Positive Concept of Peace / Contentious But Not Violent: The Hopi of Northern Arizona / Restraint and Ritual Apology: The Rotumans of the South Pacific / Respect for All: The Paliyans of South India / Multiple Paths to Peace: The "La Paz" Zapotec of Mexico / Resolving Conflict Within the Law: The Mardu Aborigines of Australia / Putting a Stone in the Middle: The Nubians of Northern Africa / Keeping the Peace in an Island World: The Sama Dilaut of Southeast Asia / A Model of Peacefulness: Rethinking Peace and Conflict in Norway / Cautious, Alert, Polite, and Elusive: The Semai of Central Peninsular Malaysia / Conclusion: Learning from Peaceful Societies / Elise Boulding -- Graham Kemp -- Ximena Davies-Vengoechea -- Alice Schlegel -- Alan Howard -- Peter M. Gardner -- Douglas P. Fry -- Robert Tonkinson -- Robert Fernea -- Clifford Sather -- Kristin Dobinson -- Robert Knox Dentan -- Douglas P. Fry. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

"This collection of ethnographies discusses how non-violent values and conflict resolution strategies can help to create and maintain peace. Societies like the Hopi of Northern Arizona, the Nubians of Egypt, and the Zapotec of Mexico serve as models of peacemaking."--Publisher description.

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Peace--Social aspects
Conflict management--Social aspects

JZ5538 / .K438 2004

327.172

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