Anthropological contributions to conflict resolution
Anthropological Contributions to Conflict Resolution consists of ten essays that make vividly apparent the variety of ways that anthropological approaches and perspectives can be of practical worth in the resolution of conflicts. These essays represent various subdisciplines in anthropology, including legal and political anthropology, economic anthropology, cross-cultural studies, interpretive approaches, and social network approaches. Conflicts and potential conflicts at many levels are the subjects of the essays. One contributor uses an ethnographic account of Sikh separatists in Punjab, India, to explore fighting resulting from the intertwining of religion and politics. Another essay discusses the role that anthropology played in conceptualizing the legal reforms on an island in the remote western Pacific in relation to the recent emergence of alternative dispute resolution. Conflicts over the commons in an American suburb are examined as are harmony ideology and adversarial ideology as they are used for both freedom and control at a manufacturing plant. The introductory essay includes a discussion of network models in regard to conflict resolution, and the epilogue cites an agenda for applied research in the area
Congress
153 pages ; 24 cm.
9780820317649, 9780820317656, 0820317640, 0820317659
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Contributions of anthropology to conflict resolution / Alvin W. Wolfe
Why Sikhs fight / Cynthia Keppley Mahmood
Mediation in the Caucasus / Paula Garb
ADR, Palau, and the contribution of anthropology / Kevin Avruch and Peter W. Black
Waging peace : the psychological and sociocultural dynamics of positive peace / Clayton A. Robarchek and Carol J. Robarchek
Labor recruitment, ethnicity, and development : alternatives to work-force conflict in southern Belize / Mark Moberg
Conflicts over the commons in an American suburb / Honggang Yang
Harmony ideology works at the mill / Mary Schweitzer
The limits of an anthropology of conflict : loyalist and republican paramilitary organizations in Northern Ireland / Ronnie Moore and Andrew Sanders
Epilogue : Agenda for applied research in conflict resolution / Honggang Yang and Alvin W. Wolfe