A Public Peace Process

Many of the deep-rooted human conflicts that seize our attention today are not ready for formal mediation and negotiation. People do not negotiate about identity, fear, historic grievance, and injustice. Sustained dialogue provides a space where citizens outside government can change their conflictual relationships. Governments can negotiate binding agreements and enforce and implement them, but only citizens can change human relationships. Governments have long had their tools of diplomacy - mediation, negotiation, force, and allocation of resources. Harold H. Saunders' A Public Peace Process provides citizens outside government with their own instrument for transforming conflict. Saunders outlines a systematic approach for citizens to use in reducing racial, ethnic, and other deep-rooted tensions in their countries, communities, and organizations.

Autorentext
HAROLD H. SAUNDERS is Director of International Affairs at the Kettering Foundation.

Inhalt
Preface: A Personal Essay: The Human and Intellectual Roots of Sustained Dialogue Acknowledgements Introduction: The Challenges of Conflict and Peace in the Citizens' Century The Peace Process: A Conceptual Framework Changing Conflictual Relationships Citizens' Politics in Civil Society International Relationships across Permeable Borders The Dialogue Process Sustained Dialogue: A Public Peace Process The Inter-Tajik Dialogue Baton Rouge: Dialogue on Race Relations: William Jefferson Day, Jan Bernard, Fred Jeff Smith Bridging the Abyss: Palestinian-Israeli Women's Dialogues; Galia Golan and Zahira Kamal Evaluating Sustained Dialogue Sustained Dialogue: A Public Space for Learning Appendix: Sustained Dialogue in Practice Suggested Readings