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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960709103321

Autore

Saunders Harold H

Titolo

Politics Is about Relationship : A Blueprint for the Citizens' Century / / by H. Saunders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005

ISBN

9786611365615

9781281365613

1281365610

9781403983411

1403983410

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXV, 300 p. 1 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

323/.042

Soggetti

International relations

Political science

Politics and war

International Relations

Political Science

Military and Defence Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Politics Is about Relationship -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE : A PERSONAL ESSAY -- Meeting the Challenges of a World in Crisis: Engaging Whole Bodies Politic -- Our Starting Points -- Chapter One Politics Is about … ? -- Chapter Two A Proper World View, Appropriate for Its Time -- The Paradigm and the Concept -- Chapter Three The Relational Paradigm: A Multilevel Process of Continuous Interaction -- Chapter Four The Concept of Relationship -- Dialogue Makes It Happen -- Chapter Five A Different Way of Thinking-Another Way of Relating -- Chapter Six Transformation in South Africa: A People Engaged -- Chapter Seven Public Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in Tajikistan -- Chapter Eight Power and Public Work in West Virginia -- Chapter Nine Citizens Talk about the Russia-U.S. Relationship -- Chapter Ten Conducting the



China-U.S. Relationship: A Diplomat's View -- The Citizens Century -- Chapter Eleven What Difference Does It Make? What Makes This Difference? -- NOTES -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

In this straightforward exploration of core problems facing humanity, Harold Saunders outlines how concerned citizens can bring about social and political change. Using examples from the U.S. to South Africa, Tajikistan to China, this book is full of real stories of how building 'relationship' among people can empower citizens outside government.