Keeping the peace [[electronic resource] ] : conflict resolution and peaceful societies around the world / / edited by Graham Kemp and Douglas P. Fry

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1/72
• Soggetto topico: Peace - Social aspects; Conflict management - Social aspects
• Altri autori: KempGraham <1954-> FryDouglas P. <1953->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The concept of peaceful societies / Graham Kemp -- A positive concept of peace / Ximena Davies-Vengoechea -- Contentious but not violent : the Hopi of Northern Arizona / Alice Schlegel -- Restraint and ritual apology : the Rotumans of the South Pacific / Alan Howard -- Respect for all : the Paliyans of South India / Peter M. Gardner -- Multiple paths to peace : the "La Paz" Zapotec of Mexico / Douglas P. Fry -- Resolving conflict within the law : the Mardu aborigines of Australia / Robert Tonkinson -- Putting a stone in the middle : the nubians of Northern Africa / Robert Fernea -- Keeping the peace in an island world : the Sama Dilaut of Southeast Asia / Clifford Sather -- A model of peacefulness : rethinking peace and conflict in Norway / Kristin Dobinson -- Cautious, alert, polite, and elusive : the Semai of Central Peninsular Malaysia / Robert Knox Dentan -- Conclusions : learning from peaceful societies / Douglas P. Fry.
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of ethnographies discusses how non-violent values and conflict resolution strategies can help to create and maintain peace.
• Titolo autorizzato: Keeping the peace
• ISBN: 1-135-93731-1; 9786610290840; 1-280-29084-6; 0-203-02103-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784427803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: War and society (Routledge (Firm)) ; ; v. 8.