Working for peace
Subtitle: a handbook of practical psychology and other tools
By: Rachel M. MacNair, editor and Psychologists for Social Responsibility ; foreword by Arun Gandhi.
Contributors: MacNair, Rachel.; Psychologists for Social Responsibility.
Publisher: Impact Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Atascadero, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781886230729
Subjects: Peace.; Peace -- Psychological aspects.; Social action -- Psychological aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: Introduction: the choir's gotta know how to sing / Rachel M. MacNair, with Neil Wollman; Peace workers: getting yourselves together; Building confidence for social action / Barry Childers; Cultivating inner peace / Christina Michaelson; Improving your personal appeal / Neil Wollman; Overcoming anger and anxiety / Helen Margulies Mehr; Overcoming helplessness and discouragement / Gerald D. Oster; Overcoming burnout / Christina Maslach and Mary E. Gomes; Dealing with the distressed / Rachel M. MacNair; Parenting in the peaceful home / Susan M. Sisk and Larissa G. Duncan; Peace within, peace between, peace among / Miriam L. Freeman; Working for peace and social justice: who's watching? / Robert E. Alberti; Peace groups : getting organized; Motivating others to work with you / Neil Wollman; Effective group meetings and decision making / Donelson R. Forsyth; Changing within to bring change outside : promoting healthy group dynamics / Shawn Meghan Burn; How to know when it's not time to get discouraged / Rachel M. MacNair; Storytelling : a workshop for inspiring group action / Niki Harré, Pat Bullen, and Brad Olson; Three examples of successful social action groups / Susan M. Koger, Carol J. Merrick, John W. Kraybill-Greggo, and Marcella J. Kraybill-Greggo; Peacemaking: transforming conflict into creativity; Using conflict constructively / Robert Pettit; Promoting peaceful interaction / Paul W. Keller and Charles T. Brown; Nonviolent communication / Roxanne Manning and Jane Marantz Connor; Resolving conflict from the third side / Carolyn Gellermann and Kurt C. O'Brien; Conflict transformation skills for left and right wings / Rachel M. MacNair; Moving from the clenched fist to shaking hands : working with negative emotions provoked by conflict / Deborah Du Nann Winter; Preparing for nonviolent confrontations / George Lakey; Peace work: getting the message out; Effective media communication / Matt Keener; Attracting an audience: the psychology of layout and design / J.W.P. Heuchert; Adding peace to the curriculum : preschool through college / Linden L. Nelson; Parenting for peace / Rita Sommers-Flanagan and John Sommers-Flanagan; Regrets, realizations, and resolutions of an online activist / Scot Evans; Peaceful persuasion: changing attitudes; Creating a peaceful climate for peace work / Jo Young Switzer; Principles of opinion change / Neil Wollman and John Keating; Techniques of behavior change / Christopher S. Grundy and Richard Osbaldiston; Dialogs across differences / Susan E. Hawes; Using the mind's drive for consistency / Rachel M. MacNair; Humor for peace: finding laughing matters / Gary A. Zimmerman.