Conflict resolution : cross-cultural perspectives / edited by Kevin Avruch, Peter W. Black, and Joseph A. Scimecca. - x, 244 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Contributions in ethnic studies, no. 28 0196-7088 ; . - Contributions in ethnic studies ; no. 28. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : culture and conflict resolution / Kevin Avruch -- Culture and conflict resolution / Kevin Avruch -- Conflict resolution in the United States : the emergence of a profession? / Joseph A. Scimecca -- Harmony models and the construction of law / Laura Nader -- Tertius Luctans : idiocosm, caricature, and mask / F.G. Bailey -- Interpersonal conflict management styles of Jordanian managers / Kamil Kozan -- Conflict resolution and moral community among the Dou Donggo / Peter Just -- Surprised by common sense : local understandings and the management of conflict on Tobi, Republic of Belau / Peter W. Black -- Of nets, nails, and problems : the folk language of conflict resolution in a Central American setting / John Paul Lederach -- Rhetoric, reality, and resolving conflicts : disentangling in a Solomon Islands Society / Geoffrey M. White -- Ho'oponopono : straightening family relationships in Hawaii / E. Victoria Shook and Leonard Ke'ala Kwan.

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Intergroup relations--Cross-cultural studies
Conflict management--Cross-cultural studies

HM131. / C74543 1991

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