The Role of Trust in Conflict Resolution - The Israeli-Palestinian Case and Beyond

Built on the premise that trust is one of the most important factors in intergroup relations, conflict management and resolution at large, this volume explores trust and its mechanisms and operations especially in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Significantly, this volume focuses not only on the nature of trust and distrust in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it also explores how it is possible to build and increase trust on both sides in the conflict, a necessity in order to advance the stalled peace process.  
As trust is a concept that is interdisciplinary by nature, so are this volume's contributors: sociologists, philosophers, sociologists, social psychologists, political scientists, as well as experts in the Middle East, Islam, Judaism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict bring together real multidisciplinary perspectives that complement each other and then provide a comprehensive picture about the nature of trust and distrust and its ramification and implications for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  Divided into five thematic parts, the volume begins with by examining the theoretical basis of trust research from multiple perspectives. Then, it presents chapters on trust, distrust, and trust-building in other conflicts around the world. The third part is a unique feature of this volume as it takes a contextual approach: it emphasizes the importance of particular cultural and religious considerations on both sides of the conflict. The thrust of the book is examined in the next section. Part IV discusses and analyses various aspects of trust, and specifically distrust, in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Significantly, the chapters of this part take the perspectives of the participants in the conflict: Israeli Jews, Palestinians and Israeli Arabs. 
Finally, the volume concludes by providing an integrative conceptual perspective based on the principles of social andpolitical psychology.  An important goal of this volume is to not only explore trust and distrust in an intractable conflict, but also to provide practical multi-disciplinary  outlooks and implications to advance trust building in two conflict ridden societies-Israeli and Palestinian, and other societies around the world. 

List of contents

Trust and Distrust: Introduction
Alon, Ilai and Bar-Tal, Daniel
 
Part I - Theoretical Aspects: Trust in Conflict Resolution
1.    The Philosophy of Trust
Agassi, Joseph
 
2.      Two Theoretical Approaches to Trust - Their Implications for the Resolution of Intergroup Conflict
Sztompka, Piotr
3.      Effects of Expectations, Type of Relationship and Prior Injustice on Trust Honoring: A Strategic-Experimental Approach
Suleiman, Ramzi
 
 
Part II - the Comparative Aspect: How was Trust been reached in other Conflicts.
4.      Lessons learned on Trust Building in Northern Ireland
Fitzduff, Mari
 
5.      Determinants of Post-Conflict Trust: The Role of Ethnic Identity, Personal and Collective Victimization and Intergroup Emotions
Corkalo Biruski, Dinka
 
 
Part III - the Cultural-Religious Aspect: Trust in   Islam and Judaism
6.      Some Comments on Language as A Barrier to Trust in Arabic-Speaking Islam
Alon, Ilai
 
7.      Usual Suspects: On Trust, Doubt and Ethnicity in the Mishnah
Rosen-Zvi, Ishay
 
 
Part IV - Trust in the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict
8.      Trust and Mistrust in Israeli Peace-Making
Golan, Galia
 
9.      The Role of Trust in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Yuchtman-Yaar, Ephraim
 
10.  Trust and Negotiations: Israel and the Palestinians, 2009-2016Tzoreff, Yohanan
 
11.  Lay Psychology of Trust/Distrust and beyond in the Context of an Intractable Conflict: the Case of Israeli Jews
Bar-Tal, Daniel; Amiram Raviv, Paz Shapira, and Dennis Kahn
12.   Lack of Trust as a Barrier to Reconciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Attitudes of Israeli (Jewish) Elite Members toward Reconciliation with the Palestinians
Auerbach, Yehudith
 
13.  Historical Narratives and the Issue of Trust
Susser, Asher
 
14.  Trust and Confidence Building in the Israeli Palestinian Peace Negotiations
Salem, Walid
 
15.  Trust, Ethics andIntentionality in Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation
Jamal, Amal
 
 
16.   Distrust and Discord on the Israeli-Arab Conflict between Arabs and Jews in Israel
Smooha, Sammy
 
 
Part V - Lessons and Conclusions
Socio-Psychological Approach to Trust (or Distrust): Concluding Comments

Bar-Tal, Daniel and Alon, Ilai

About the author

Dr. Ilai Alon is a retired associate professor at Tel Aviv University's departmet of philosophy. Education at the Hebrew University and Oxford University, Wolfosn College (1968-1970.) The major topics – (1) Arabic language and literature; (2) Philosophy. He served as a visiting researcher at Stanford University, and as a visiting professor at Princeton, Harvard, Lehigh (Pennsylvania,) Carlton (Ottawa.) 
Dr. Daniel Bar-Tal is Branco Weiss Professor of Research in Child Development and Education at the School of Education, Tel Aviv University. His research interest is in political and social psychology studying socio-psychological foundations of intractable conflicts and peace building, as well as development of political understanding among children and peace education.

Summary

Built on the premise that trust is one of the most important factors in intergroup relations, conflict management and resolution at large, this volume explores trust and its mechanisms and operations especially in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Significantly, this volume focuses not only on the nature of trust and distrust in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it also explores how it is possible to build and increase trust on both sides in the conflict, a necessity in order to advance the stalled peace process.  
As trust is a concept that is interdisciplinary by nature, so are this volume’s contributors: sociologists, philosophers, sociologists, social psychologists, political scientists, as well as experts in the Middle East, Islam, Judaism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict bring together real multidisciplinary perspectives that complement each other and then provide a comprehensive picture about the nature of trust and distrust and its ramification and implications for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  Divided into five thematic parts, the volume begins with by examining the theoretical basis of trust research from multiple perspectives. Then, it presents chapters on trust, distrust, and trust-building in other conflicts around the world. The third part is a unique feature of this volume as it takes a contextual approach: it emphasizes the importance of particular cultural and religious considerations on both sides of the conflict. The thrust of the book is examined in the next section. Part IV discusses and analyses various aspects of trust, and specifically distrust, in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Significantly, the chapters of this part take the perspectives of the participants in the conflict: Israeli Jews, Palestinians and Israeli Arabs. 
Finally, the volume concludes by providing an integrative conceptual perspective based on the principles of social andpolitical psychology.  An important goal of this volume is to not only explore trust and distrust in an intractable conflict, but also to provide practical multi-disciplinary  outlooks and implications to advance trust building in two conflict ridden societies—Israeli and Palestinian, and other societies around the world. 

Product details

• Assisted by: Ila Alon (Editor), Ilai Alon (Editor), Bar-Tal (Editor), Bar-Tal (Editor), Daniel Bar-Tal (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9783319433547
• ISBN: 978-3-31-943354-7
• No. of pages: 345
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 26 mm x 239 mm
• Weight: 716 g
• Illustrations: XXVI, 345 p. 12 illus., 9 illus. in color.
• Series: Peace Psychology Book Series; Peace Psychology Book Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; B, personality, International Relations, Social Psychology, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Community and Environmental Psychology, Community Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Differential Psychology, Environmental Psychology