Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-622) and index.
Foreword / Alan B. Slifka -- Coexistence Work: A New Profession / Eugene Weiner -- 1. Philosophy of Coexistence. Preventing Contemporary Intergroup Violence / David A. Hamburg. The Difficulty of Imagining Other Persons / Elaine Scarry. The Face of the Other: Ethics and Intergroup Conflict / Roberto Toscano. Civilizational Imagination and Ethnic Coexistence / Ahmad Sadri. Myth, Identity, and the Politics of Conviction: Participation in the Struggle for a Just World Order / Saul H. Mendlovitz and Lester Edwin J. Ruiz. A Christian Theological Perspective on Ethnoreligious Conflict / James E. Will. Primal Violence: Illuminating Culture's Dark Side / Wolf B. Emminghaus, Paul R. Kimmel and Edward C. Stewart -- 2. Applied Perspectives. Education, Democratic Citizenship, and Multiculturalism / Michael Walzer. Contact Hypothesis in Ethnic Relations / Yehuda Amir. Coexistence and the Reconciliation of Communal Conflicts / Louis Kriesberg. Constructive Conflict Resolution: Principles, Training, and Research / Morton Deutsch. Dialogue in Conflict: Past and Future / Jay Rothman. Beyond Violence: Building Sustainable Peace / John Paul Lederach -- 3. The Role of Governments and NGOs in Coexistence Work. Mediation as a World Role for the United States / Amitai Etzioni. An Answer to War: Conflicts and Intervention in Contemporary International Relations / Roberto Toscano. International Organizations and Conflict Prevention: Lessons from Business / Antonia Handler Chayes and Abram Chayes. Informal Mediation by the Scholar/Practitioner / Herbert C. Kelman. Intractable Conflicts / Louis Kriesberg. The Tree Model: Psychopolitical Dialogues and the Promotion of Coexistence / Vamik D. Volkan. Conflict Resolution Moves East: How the Emerging Democracies of Central and Eastern Europe Are Facing Interethnic Conflict / Raymond Shonholtz -- 4. Tools for Coexistence Work. Nonviolent Action in Acute Interethnic Conflicts / Gene Sharp. Using Town Meetings to Foster Peaceful Coexistence / Maria R. Volpe. Antibias Education: Toward a World of Justice and Peace / Louise Derman-Sparks. Mobilizing International and Regional Organizations for Managing Ethnic Conflict / Antonia Handler Chayes and Abram Chayes. The Mediation of Interethnic Conflict in Schools / Peter T. Coleman and Morton Deutsch -- 5. Coexistence in Israel. The Variety of Coexistence Efforts in Israel: Lessons for the United States / Mitchell G. Bard. Oasis of Peace: A Community of Moral Education in Israel / Grace Feuerverger. Education to Cope with Conflicts: Encounters between Jews and Palestinian Citizens of Israel / Haviva Bar and Elias Eady. Jewish-Arab Coexistence in Mixed Medical Teams: A Pilot Study / Helena Syna Desivilya. Arab-Jewish Student Encounter: Belt Hagefen Coexistence Programs / Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz, Haggai Kupermintz and Jennifer Lang. Ethnic and Minority Groups in Israel: Challenges for Social Work Theory, Values, and Practice / Eliezer David Jaffe. Israeli-Palestinian Workshops: Legitimation of National Identity and Change in Power Relationships / Nava Sonnenschein, Rabah Halabi and Ariella Friedman / Edited by Deborah E. Bing -- Select Bibliography on Interethnic Coexistence -- Organizations Furthering Coexistence Work -- Organizations with a Focus on Israel -- A Select List of Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution and Coexistence