Peace Psychology Book Series / Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace

Historical approaches to peace building.- Learning from extant cultures of peace.- Evolutionary theory: the constraints and possibilities of human nature.- The culture of war/culture of peace dialectic and its history at the United Nations.- Assessing cultures of peace and emotional climates in current nation states.- Violence in peace and war: cultural psychology of the unity of construction and destruction.- Challenges posed by political economies.- Transnationality, globalization, and cultures of peace.- Peace education.- Gender equality.- Social cohesion and tolerance.- Democracy.- Open communications.- Human rights.- International security.- Sustainable development.- Nonviolent struggle and peace building.- Sustainable community development and societies of peace.- Negotiation.- Dialogic techniques.- Community reconciliation and post-conflict reconstruction for peace.- Personal transformations and spiritual practices.- Using the arts to promote cultural understanding and peace building.- Controlling street crime.- Using cities to build cultures of peace.- Achieving peace within the family.- Building peace in a consumer society.- Dealing with deviance: Restorative justice and prison reform.- Establishing departments of peace.

Joseph de Rivera is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Peace Studies Program at Clark University. He attended Bowdoin College, graduated from Yale, served in the Navy Medical Service Corps, and received his doctorate from Stanford University. His area of research focuses on the experience of nuclear weapons, peace fairs, and the emotional motivation of righteous behavior.