Working for peace :a handbook of practical psychology and other tools /Rachel M. MacNair, Editor ; in collaboration with Psychologists for Social Responsibility.
Working for peace :a handbook of practical psychology and other tools /Rachel M. MacNair, Editor ; in collaboration with Psychologists for Social Responsibility.
Description
Introduction: the choir's gotta know how to sing / Rachel M. MacNair, with Neil Wollman -- Peace workers: getting yourselves together -- Building confidence for social action / Barry Childers -- Cultivating inner peace / Christina Michaelson -- Improving your personal appeal / Neil Wollman -- Overcoming anger and anxiety / Helen Margulies Mehr -- Overcoming helplessness and discouragement / Gerald D. Oster -- Overcoming burnout / Christina Maslach and Mary E. Gomes -- Dealing with the distressed / Rachel M. MacNair -- Parenting in the peaceful home / Susan M. Sisk and Larissa G. Duncan -- Peace within, peace between, peace among / Miriam L. Freeman -- Working for peace and social justice: who's watching? / Robert E. Alberti -- Peace groups : getting organized -- Motivating others to work with you / Neil Wollman -- Effective group meetings and decision making / Donelson R. Forsyth -- Changing within to bring change outside : promoting healthy group dynamics -- Shawn meghan burn -- How to know when it's not time to get discouraged / Rachel M. MacNair -- Storytelling : a workshop for inspiring group action / Niki Harr, Pat Bullen, and Brad Olson -- Three examples of successful social action groups / Susan M. Koger, Carol J. Merrick, John W. Kraybill-Greggo, and Marcella J. Kraybill-Greggo -- Peacemaking: transforming conflict into creativity -- Using conflict constructively / Robert Pettit -- Promoting peaceful interaction / Paul W. Keller and Charles T. Brown -- Nonviolent communication / Roxanne Manning and Jane Marantz Connor -- Resolving conflict from the third side / Carolyn Gellermann and Kurt C. O'Brien -- Conflict transformation skills for left and right wings / Rachel M. MacNair -- Moving from the clenched fist to shaking hands : working with negative emotions -- Provoked by conflict / Deborah Du Nann Winter -- Preparing for nonviolent confrontations / George Lakey -- Peace work: getting the message out -- Effective media communication / Matt Keener -- Attracting an audience: the psychology of layout and design / J.W.P. Heuchert -- Adding peace to the curriculum : preschool through college / Linden L. Nelson -- Parenting for peace / Rita Sommers-Flanagan and John Sommers-Flanagan -- Regrets, realizations, and resolutions of an online activist / Scot Evans -- Peaceful persuasion: changing attitudes -- Creating a peaceful climate for peace work / Jo Young Switzer -- Principles of opinion change / Neil Wollman and John Keating -- Techniques of behavior change / Christopher S. Grundy and Richard Osbaldiston -- Dialogs across differences / Susan E. Hawes -- Using the mind's drive for consistency / Rachel M. MacNair -- Humor for peace: finding laughing matters / Gary A. Zimmerman.
x, 300 p. :ill. ;23 cm.
Book Details
Place Published
City
Atascadero, Calif.
Date Published
2006
Publication Subjects
Peace.
Peace--Psychological aspects.
Social action--Psychological aspects.
Call No.
JZ5538 .W69 2006
ISBN
1886230722 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2006007229
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.