Synopses & Reviews
Langholtz examines how psychology and other social sciences can offer both theoretical explanations and practical applications in the resolution and amelioration of potentially violent international conflicts. Since the end of the Cold War and bipolar ideologies, the international community has been willing to intervene using approaches that are founded as much in psychology as in force and these remedies have not been confined to the violent periods of conflicts. This book examines psychological interventions and issues during three phases of conflicts. First, the book examines measures available in advance of a threatening conflict through early intervention and an examination of ethnopolitical issues, economic problems, and potential diplomatic solutions. Second, psychological facets of peacekeeping are examined: the selection of peacekeepers, psychological ambiguities of peacekeeping, and the numbing that comes with widespread suffering. Finally the book examines the psychological measures available to strengthen a cease-fire, deal with mines and related after-effects of war, encourage reconciliation, and hasten the return to a stable and durable peace.
Review
The Psychology of Peacekeeping contains a number of potentially useful ideas and concepts that range from the parties listening to one another to applying lessons from experience to contributions to increased trust and to less mistrust between them.Contemporary Psychology
Synopsis
An edited volume of scholarly research combining psychology, diplomacy, economics, political science, and peacekeeping setting forth interdisciplinary solutions to persistent and violent conflicts plaguing the international community.
Synopsis
Langholtz examines how psychology and other social sciences can offer both theoretical explanations and practical applications in the resolution and amelioration of potentially violent international conflicts. Since the end of the Cold War and bipolar ideologies, the international community has been willing to intervene using approaches that are founded as much in psychology as in force and these remedies have not been confined to the violent periods of conflicts. This work examines psychological considerations and interventions during three phases of conflicts: preventive measures taken before a dispute escalates into war; psychological considerations once fighting starts; and psychological aspects of a return to a lasting peace.
About the Author
HARVEY J. LANGHOLTZ is Assistant Professor of Psychology at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Table of Contents
Foreword by the Honorable Lawrence S. Eagleburger
Introduction by Harvey J. Langholtz
Prevention: Psychological and Social Issues That Can Avert or Lead to War
The Evolving Psychology of Peacekeeping by Harvey J. Langholtz
Peace through Economic and Social Development by Claudia Gonzalez-Vallejo and Giselda Barroso Sauveur
Early Intervention: Prediction and Action by Ervin Staub
The Psychology of Diplomacy: Conflict Resolution in a Time of Minimal or Unusual Small-Scale Conflicts by Ambassador Edward J. Perkins
Cultural and Ethnic Issues of Conflict and Peacekeeping by Paul R. Kimmel
Psychological Considerations during Periods of Conflict
Insensitivity to the Value of Human Life: A Study of Psychophysical Numbing by David Fetherstonhaugh, Paul Slovic, Stephen M. Johnson, and James Friedrich
Personnel Selection and Preparation for U.N. Peacekeeping Missions by Brian Kidwell and Harvey J. Langholtz
Psychological Aspects of Peacekeeping on the Ground by Christian Harleman
Psychological Ambiguities in Peacekeeping by Thomas W. Britt
Psychological Aspects and Confidence-Building Measures in the Transition from Violence to a Durable Peace
Humanitarian Intervention, Psychosocial Assistance, and Peacekeeping by Michael G. Wessells
Peacekeeping and the Psychology of Conflict Resolution by Tom Woodhouse
Creating a Durable Peace: Psychological Aspects of Rebuilding and Reforming the Indigenous Criminal Justice System by J. Matthew Vaccaro
The Psychological Consequences of Mines Left Behind Following a Conflict by Barry Cox and Harvey J. Langholtz
Postconflict Peacebuilding and Making Efforts Count: Reconstruction, Elections, and Beyond by Valeria M. Gonzalez Posse
Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and the Contribution of International Peacekeeping by Eileen Borris and Paul F. Diehl
The Peace Process at Its Culmination: The Reconciliation Elections by Fabrizio Pagani
Treating the New World Disorder by Henry Breed
Index