Youth Encounter Programs in Israel - Pedagogy, Identity, and Social Change (Paperback)

As the level of distrust and alienation between Jews and Palestinians has risen over the past fif een years, the support for grassroots organizations' attempts to bring these two groups closer has stagnated. Jewish-Palestinian youth encounter programs that flourished in the wake of the Oslo Accords now struggleto find support, as their potential to create positive social change in Israeli society is still unknown. In Youth Encounter Programs in Israel, Ross attempts to assess that potential by considering the relationship between participation in Jewish-Palestinian encounters and the long-term worldview and commitment to social change of their participants. Taking a comparative approach, Ross examines the structure and pedagogical approaches of two organizations in Israel, Peace Child Israel and Sadaka Reut. In doing so, Ross explores how these different organizations shape participants' national identity, beliefs about social change, and motivation to continue engaging in peace-building activities. Based on more than one hundred interviews with program staff and former participants as well as more than two hundred hours of program observation, Ross's work fills an important gap in the literature and holds significant relevance for peace education and conflict esolution practitioners.

General

Imprint:	Syracuse University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
Release date:	October 2017
Authors:	Karen Ross
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	242
ISBN-13:	978-0-8156-3540-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	0-8156-3540-0
Barcode:	9780815635406

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