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Zusatztext 'This book is a bold attempt to start mapping out how to transform the destructive potential of social conflict intosomething more constructive! both imaginatively and practically. I would encourage anyone seeking creative solutions to intractable conflicts to read this path-breaking work by Dr Arai.' Kevin P. Clements! Director of the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland.'Tatsushi Arai conceptualizes the creative process of conflict resolution that is required when conventional! instiutionalized mechanisms for handling conflict fail.He persuasively demonstrates how conflict parties and intermediaries can generate creative -- nonconventional! yet workable -- solutions with a comparative analysis of diverse cases of conflict resolution.'Herbert Kelman! Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics! Emeritus! Harvard University.'The power of creativity is a mystery. This book helps the reader to systematically unlock this mystery and assist scholars and practitioners of peace and conflict resolution in envisioning how to become more creative in resolving conflicts. 'Mohammed Abu-Nimer! Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution! American University. Informationen zum Autor Tatsushi Arai is an Associate Professor of Conflict Transformation at the SIT Graduate Institute in Vermont, USA. He has a PhD in Conflict Resolution from George Mason University in Virginia, and extensive international experience as a trainer, mediator, and dialogue facilitator. Zusammenfassung This book explores how creative ways of resolving social conflicts emerge, evolve, and subsequently come to be accepted or rejected in inter-group relations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: In search of points of departure and stepping stones 2. Exploration: Sixteen episodes of creativity 3. Theory-building: A comparative case analysis for identifying emerging themes and building on enduring concepts 4. Illustration: A case study of the first Satyagraha campaign in South Africa from 1906 to 1914 5. Conclusion: Implications for research, practice, and pedagogy ...
