Prefiguring peace : Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding partnerships / Michelle I. Gawerc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gawerc, Michelle I., 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Peace.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Conflict management--Israel.

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This work presents a longitudinal study, of greater than 10 years, of all the major peace building initiatives with an educational encounter-based approach in Israel and Palestine, during times of relative peace and times of acute violence (1993-2008). Involving various fields, this research contributes to the broad fields of peace and conflict resolution, social movements, and organizational studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Foreword by William A. Gamson

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Twelve Organizations

Chapter 3: Political and Social Context: Three Environments

Chapter 4: The Challenge of Asymmetry

Chapter 5: A Dance of Legitimacy

Chapter 6: Maintaining and Distributing Resources

Chapter 7: Managing Internal Conflict

Chapter 8: Maintaining Commitment: Organizational Considerations

Chapter 9: Commitment, Community, and Collective Identity

Chapter 10: Conclusion

Afterword

Appendix A: Organizational Updates

Appendix B: Israeli Peace NGO Forum Statement on the Gaza War and Palestinian Peace NGO Statement on the Gaza War.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-28735-3

1-280-65742-1

9786613634351

0-7391-6612-3

OCLC:

845245120