Description
Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding: A Resource for Innovators
by Sampson, C., Abu-Namir. M., Liebler, C., & Whitney D. (Eds.)
Taos Institute Publications, Reprinted in 2010
Price: $25.00 US plus shipping and handling
Paperback, 436 pages
ISBN:
13-digit: 978-0-981907-63-5
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Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding presents an innovative perspective on peacebuilding that breaks new ground. The theoretical frameworks are rich enough to satisfy scholars, the case studies are practical enough to engage practitioners and the tips and guides to practice are sure to inspire new and innovative work among peacebuilders. This book beautifully describes the social construction of imagined futures, inviting us, as scholar-practitioners, to move beyond ‘problem solving’ and its ethic of ‘neutrality,’ towards Appreciative Inquiry, and its ethics of narrative, voice, and meaning-making, relying on the heart-wisdom that flourishes in the context of affirmation This book powerfully delivers what it promises — a provocation to think more deeply about how we conduct our peacemaking and peacebuilding relationships. A must read for those who dare to make a difference.
Reviews
“This book beautifully describes the social construction of imagined futures, inviting us, as scholar-practitioners, to move beyond ‘problem solving’ and its ethic of ‘neutrality,’ towards Appreciative Inquiry, and its ethics of narrative, voice, and meaning-making, relying on the heart-wisdom that flourishes in the context of affirmation.”
— Dr. Sara Cobb, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
— Dr. Harold H. Saunders, International Institute
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