{"product_id":"the-way-out-9780231197403","title":"The Way Out","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe social psychologist Peter T. Coleman explores how conflict resolution and complexity science provide guidance for dealing with seemingly intractable political differences. \u003ci\u003eThe Way Out\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital and timely guide to breaking free from the cycle of mutual contempt in order to better our lives, relationships, and country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBehavioral Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2021 * Behavioral Scientist *\u003cbr\u003eDrawing from physics, psychology, and neuroscience, Coleman's multidisciplinary approach yields fresh insights and reasons for hope. Policymakers and community activists will want to take note. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eI read this remarkable book the week after the Capitol riot, when so many Americans were asking: How did we get here, and what do we do now? Coleman is among the world’s top experts on conflict resolution, and this book really does show us ‘the way out.’ It is essential reading for the divisive 2020s. The book will be of great help to anyone who wants to reduce or resolve conflicts, not just over politics but over everything that divides our communities, organizations, and families. -- Jonathan Haidt, Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, New York University–Stern School of Business, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter T. Coleman’s \u003ci\u003eThe Way Out\u003c\/i\u003e offers us hope in trying times. Based on decades of original research on how people and communities escape deeply divisive conflicts, Coleman weaves together insights from empirical science on peacebuilding with anecdotes from troubled lives to offer us a guiding star—and a set of new rules—for finding our way out of our current state of American psychosis -- Van Jones, CNN political contributor, host of \u003ci\u003eThe Van Jones Show\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Redemption Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere’s what everyone’s looking for: a way out of this mess. Peter Coleman tells us how to find it. Read this book to make it happen. -- Timothy Shriver, cofounder of UNITE, chairman of Special Olympics International\u003cbr\u003ePeter T. Coleman has done some of the deepest reading, research, and inquiry into the nature of conflicts around the world. In \u003ci\u003eThe Way Out\u003c\/i\u003e, he trains his highly sophisticated eye on the polarized environment that has arisen in the United States. The result is a primer on how to think about addressing polarization that is academic but relatable, creative but deeply researched, and ambitious but grounded in the real-life experience of everyday Americans. This book should be required reading for anyone who cares about the future of this country. -- Abigail Disney, documentary filmmaker, activist, cofounder of Fork Films, and podcast host of \u003ci\u003eAll Ears\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolarization is one of the biggest problems of our time, and I can’t think of a better place to find solutions than Coleman’s brilliant research. Whether you’re trying to navigate a disagreement at your dinner table or build a bridge between divided communities, these pages won’t just change how you think about the causes of conflict—they’ll also open your eyes to new cures. This book is a remarkable combination of scientific insight, practical guidance, and grounded hope. -- Adam Grant, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThink Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColeman’s latest is a tour de force: eminently readable, with compelling stories from the streets of Watertown, MA, and the negotiating tables of Northern Ireland yet replete with frameworks and insights that help Americans understand—and chart a way out of—our polarized national condition. \u003ci\u003eThe Way Out\u003c\/i\u003e is a road map to a more perfect union. -- Shamil Idriss, CEO of Search for Common Ground\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Way Out\u003c\/i\u003e offers the most comprehensive and succinct understanding of how polarization leads to harm and dysfunction in our current American landscape. With the clarity of empirical evidence and open imagination, these pages explore the opportunities available to engage and transform these dynamics toward far healthier and responsive interactions that reinvigorate our social contract and democracy. A treasure trove of insight and instruction, this is the best scientific and practical guide I have read about toxic polarization. Peter T. Coleman’s gift of a book could not be better timed or more laser focused. -- John Paul Lederach, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Way Out \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for our times. Peter Coleman is our sharpest and most prolific thinker on toxic polarization today, and now more than ever his words must be heeded. This work sounds the alarm on the existential threat of affective polarization infecting our country—and also shows us tangible, realistic and scientifically validated ways out. Peter Coleman is a national treasure. His book should be required reading for anyone touched by the pandemic of toxic polarization wreaking havoc on our country today—which means every one of us.” -- Dave Isay, founder of StoryCorps\u003cbr\u003eConflict is a complex thing: you ask it one question and it gives you one kind of answer; you ask it another and it gives you another. In Peter Coleman's safe hands, you learn about ways to ask new questions and ways to listen to the answers. For conflicts that divide families, countries, communities, Peter Coleman's words are filled with insight and wisdom. This isn't just analysis, though, this is a way out. -- Padraig O' Tuama, Irish poet, theologian and conflict mediator\u003cbr\u003eThe great value of Coleman’s book consists in setting out positive approaches that can be pursued where disputes on political issues relate to people’s differing values and priorities, and where our emotional impulses prevent effective engagement with other people: for this reason, the book should be widely read and used by conflict resolution practitioners. * Process North *\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Way Out\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter T. Coleman tackles a critically important issue, a topic on everyone’s mind: the emergence of a unique brand of polarization, centered less on policy disputes than on tribal instincts. Not only do we disagree with the other side, but we are convinced that their views are dangerous and that they are the true threat to the nation. Coleman lays out a new perspective regarding the roots of this hyperpolarization in a lively, accessible way and, most importantly, offers a detailed map out of the quagmire. -- Daniel M. Shea, author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Vote? Essential Questions About the Future of Elections in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoes an excellent job of describing the problem we in the U.S. are facing with respect to political polarization. It\u003cbr\u003ealso has a lot of good ideas for improving interactions and relationships at the interpersonal level. * Negotiation Journal *\u003cbr\u003eColeman’s strategies for navigating polarization are insightful and unquestionably timely. * Los Angeles Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: While Rome Burns\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: Our Crisis and Opportunity\u003cbr\u003e2. Why We Are Stuck\u003cbr\u003e3. Attracted to Conflict\u003cbr\u003e4. Think Different—Change Your Theory of Change\u003cbr\u003e5. Reset—Capture the Power of New Beginnings\u003cbr\u003e6. Bolster and Break—Locate Latent Bubbles\u003cbr\u003e7. Complicate—Embrace Contradictory Complexity\u003cbr\u003e8. Move—Activate Novel Pathways and Rhythms\u003cbr\u003e9. Adapt—Seek Evolution for Revolution\u003cbr\u003e10. Conclusion: New Rules for The Way Out\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Assessments and Exercises\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400352506199,"sku":"9780231197403","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231197403.jpg?v=1730470467","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-way-out-9780231197403","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}