Description
Book SynopsisPractical guide from a conflict-resolution expert that shows how ordinary people can become peace-builders in violent societies.
Trade Review'An honest and very personal account, which sets it apart from the numerous training manuals‚ that are now on the market' -- Andrew Rigby, head of the Centre for the Study of Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Coventry University
'Diana Francis is one of the world's most experienced and able facilitators in conflict transformation. Her book is one of the first comprehensive assessments of the role that workshops can play in peace-building' -- Hugh Miall, Lancashire University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Part I :Thinking about Conflict Transformation
1. Introduction
2. Theory for Conflict Transformation
3. Culture and Conflict Transformation
Part II: From Theory to Practice: Training and Dialogue
4. Workshops: Aims, Content and Methodology
5. Transcending Culture: International Relations in Microcosm
6. North-South Relations: A Pan-African Workshop
7. Women Peacemakers: Transforming Relationships, Finding Power
8. Surviving History: A Story of Dialogue in the Balkans
9. Putting Respect into Practice
Part III: Looking to the Future
10. Good Practice
11. Making a Difference: Challenge and Change
Bibliography
Index
