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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kemp, Graham, 1954-

Fry, Douglas P., 1953-

Series:

War and society (Routledge (Firm)) ; v. 8.

War and society ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace--Social aspects.

Peace.

Conflict management--Social aspects.

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of ethnographies discusses how non-violent values and conflict resolution strategies can help to create and maintain peace.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-93731-1

9786610290840

1-280-29084-6

0-203-02103-7

9780203021033

OCLC:

475922826