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Originally published in 1975, these contributions surveyed the
range of social intervention technology available to psychologists
at the time, but they are more than a simple cataloguing of
technology. The stress is on articulating certain metatheoretical
assumptions that underlie different strategies of social
intervention. For example, assumptions about the personal agency,
the nature of social systems, and levels and forms of interpersonal
influences are all examined. The implications for the training of
psychologists are developed, and specific attention is given to the
identity crisis in social psychology precipitated by existing
pressures and potentials for change at the time.
Originally published in 1975, these contributions surveyed the
range of social intervention technology available to psychologists
at the time, but they are more than a simple cataloguing of
technology. The stress is on articulating certain metatheoretical
assumptions that underlie different strategies of social
intervention. For example, assumptions about the personal agency,
the nature of social systems, and levels and forms of interpersonal
influences are all examined. The implications for the training of
psychologists are developed, and specific attention is given to the
identity crisis in social psychology precipitated by existing
pressures and potentials for change at the time.
Scholarship on the psychology of peace has been accumulating for
decades. The approach employed has been predominantly centered on
addressing and preventing conflict and violence and less on the
conditions associated with promoting peace. Concerns around nuclear
annihilation, enemy images, discrimination, denial of basic human
needs, terrorism and torture have been the focal points of most
research. The Psychological Components of a Sustainable Peace moves
beyond a prevention-orientation to the study of the conditions for
increasing the probabilities for sustainable, cooperative peace.
Such a view combines preventative scholarship with a
promotive-orientation to the study of peaceful situations and
societies. The contributors to this volume examine the components
of various psychological theories that contribute to the promotion
of a harmonious, sustainable peace. Underlying this orientation is
the belief that promoting the ideas and actions which can lead to a
sustainable, harmonious peace will not only contribute to the
prevention of war, but will also lead to more positive,
constructive relations among people and nations and to a more
sustainable planet. The Psychological Components of a Sustainable
Peace is valuable and stimulating reading for researchers in peace
psychology, political psychology, and conflict resolution as well
as others who are interested in developing a sustainable,
harmonious world.
Commemorating Morton Deutsch's 95th birthday, this book presents
ten major texts by this highly respected social psychologist on war
and peace. This second volume presents Deutsch in his role as a
leading social science activist on issues of war and peace -
writing papers, making speeches and participating in
demonstrations. After serving in the U.S. Air Force during World
War II and being awarded two Distinguished Flying Cross medals, as
a psychologist he was determined to work for a more peaceful world.
Influenced by Kurt Lewin, who believed that nothing was as
practical as a good theory, Deutsch pursued theoretical work on
such issues as cooperation-competition, conflict resolution and
social justice with regard to issues of war and peace. As President
of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence, the
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and the
International Society of Political Psychology, he helped to foster
social science efforts to make for a more peaceful world.
Commemorating Morton Deutsch's 95th birthday, this book presents
ten major texts by this highly respected social psychologist on war
and peace. This first volume presents Deutsch in his role as a
leading social science activist on issues of war and peace -
writing papers, making speeches and participating in
demonstrations. After serving in the U.S. Air Force during World
War II and being awarded two Distinguished Flying Cross medals, as
a psychologist he was determined to work for a more peaceful world.
Influenced by Kurt Lewin, who believed that nothing was as
practical as a good theory, Deutsch pursued theoretical work on
such issues as cooperation-competition, conflict resolution and
social justice with regard to issues of war and peace. As President
of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence, the
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and the
International Society of Political Psychology, he helped to foster
social science efforts to make for a more peaceful world.
Conflict is a natural and inevitable part of our personal and
social lives. In this volume Morton Deutsch, the distinguished
social psychologist, explores the factors that determine whether
the outcome of conflict will be fruitful or destructive. He
examines conflict at the intrapsychic, interpersonal, and
intergroup levels and formulates meaningful cross-level
generalizations about the determination of conflict resolution.
Interracial Housing was first published in 1951. Minnesota Archive
Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books
once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the
original University of Minnesota Press editions. One of the most
crucial strains on democracy today is the practice of racial
segregation. In the press, in local, state, and federal government
agencies, in fact, wherever people thrash out the problems of
democratic living, the question is being discussed. This book
offers facts which throw new light on an important issue in the
overall problem of racial segregation. Here are the results of a
study comparing two kinds of public housing-segregated and
non-segregated. Two low-rent, public housing projects in which
Negroes and whites live as next door neighbors were compared with
two similar housing developments in which Negroes and whites are
assigned to separate buildings or areas. The study reveals how the
people living in these contrasting ways differ in their social
relations, community morale, racial attitudes, and other
significant social aspects. The research procedures used are
explained, and general conclusions about changing prejudices are
offered. Social scientists, psychologists, housing officials, and
community leaders concerned with the problems not only of housing
but of race relations in general will find helpful guidance here.
In addition to providing much-needed data on an important social
problem, the book offers a valuable demonstration of research
techniques in social science.
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