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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974311503321

Autore

Gawerc Michelle I. <1976->

Titolo

Prefiguring peace : Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding partnerships / / Michelle I. Gawerc

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012

ISBN

979-82-16-28735-3

1-280-65742-1

9786613634351

0-7391-6612-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Classificazione

SOC053000SOC049000

Disciplina

956.9405/4

Soggetti

Arab-Israeli conflict - 1993- - Peace

Conflict management - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Foreword by William A. Gamson -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Twelve Organizations -- Chapter 3: Political and Social Context: Three Environments -- Chapter 4: The Challenge of Asymmetry -- Chapter 5: A Dance of Legitimacy -- Chapter 6: Maintaining and Distributing Resources -- Chapter 7: Managing Internal Conflict -- Chapter 8: Maintaining Commitment: Organizational Considerations -- Chapter 9: Commitment, Community, and Collective Identity -- Chapter 10: Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Organizational Updates -- Appendix B: Israeli Peace NGO Forum Statement on the Gaza War and Palestinian Peace NGO Statement on the Gaza War.

Sommario/riassunto

"This work presents a longitudinal study, of greater than 10 years, of all the major peace building initiatives with an educational encounter-based approach in Israel and Palestine, during times of relative peace and times of acute violence (1993-2008). Involving various fields, this research contributes to the broad fields of peace and conflict resolution, social movements, and organizational studies"--