Peace Skills: Manual for Community Mediators by Ronald S. Kraybill (English) Pap

Description: Peace Skills by Ronald S. Kraybill Part of the Peace Skills Set, this Manual is designed as a take-home resource to support workshop participants as they return to their communities and both apply their mediation skills and share their insights with others. It covers conflict analysis, the role of mediation, the stages of mediation, communication skills, and working with group conflicts and in cross cultural settings. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Part of the Peace Skills Set, this Manual is designed as atake-home resource to support workshop participants as they returnto their communities and both apply their mediation skills andshare their insights with others. It covers conflict analysis, therole of mediation, the stages of mediation, communication skills,and working with group conflicts and in cross cultural settings. Back Cover The Peace Skills: Manual for Community Mediators is a hands-on resource for leaders who seek to be agents of reconciliation by responding proactively to painful differences within their communities. The Peace Skills Set (which includes the Leaders Guide and Manual for Community Mediators) describes skills and strategies to help individuals, organizations, and communities in conflict talk things through and become stronger in the process. Flap The Peace Skills: Manual for Community Mediators is a hands-on resource for leaders who seek to be agents of reconciliation by responding proactively to painful differences within their communities. The Peace Skills Set (which includes the Leaders Guide and Manual for Community Mediators) describes skills and strategies to help individuals, organizations, and communities in conflict talk things through and become stronger in the process. Based on successful conflict transformation workshops conducted in countries around the world, the Manual for Community Mediators offers guidance and tools for Bringing conflicting parties into a four-stage mediation process Assisting parties to resolve their own issues Getting beyond the barriers of language and miscommunication Designing processes for responding to group conflicts "Offers a ray of hope for individuals and communities who long for peace and reconciliation." —Dr. G. Douglass Lewis, president, Wesley Theological Seminary "A must for people who want to be change agents in society. Addresses transformation of conflict from an empowerment perspective." —Craig Arendse, director of mediation and transformation practice, Cape Town, South Africa The Authors Ronald S. Kraybill is associate professor in the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Kraybill was the former director of training at the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and founding director of the Mennonite Conciliation Service. Alice Frazer Evans and Robert A. Evans are international trainers and consultants in the field of conflict transformation. They are founding directors of Plowshares Institute and senior fellows at the Centre for Conflict Resolution, at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Author Biography RONALD S. KRAYBILL is associate professor in the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Kraybill was the former director of training at the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and founding director of the Mennonite Conciliation Service. ROBERT A. EVANS are international trainers and consultants in the field of conflict transformation. They are founding directors of Plowshares Institute and senior fellows at the Centre for Conflict Resolution, at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Table of Contents Acknowledgements xiii Introduction xv Overview of the manual xvii Thoughts About Peace and Transformation xviii Section One: Assumptions about Conflict and the Role of Peacebuilders 1 1 Assumptions about Conflict 3 2 Understanding Conflict and the Role of Mediation 12 Section Two: Introduction to Mediation 23 3 Mediation: A Tool for Empowering Others 25 4 Before Mediation: Laying the Foundation 32 5 The Introduction Stage: Providing Safety 38 6 The Story-Telling Stage: Offering Understanding 43 7 The Problem-Solving Stage: Building Joint Ownership 51 8 Additional Tools for Problem Solving 66 9 The Agreement Stage: Seeking Sustainability 75 10 Moving Toward Reconciliation: Letting Go of the Past 81 Section Three: Communication Skills and Tools 85 11 Listening Skills 87 12 Language in Mediation 94 13 Emotions in Conflict 101 Section Four: Building Peace in Communities 105 14 Designing a Peacebuilding Process 107 Notes 119 Appendix: Additional Reading About Conflict Transformation 123 The Authors 125 About Plowshares 127 About the conflict Transformation program 129 Index 131 Review "This guide is packed with information.... Any skilled leader who takes the time to carefully study it can lead successful workshops." (Provident Bookfinder, 2/02)"Offers a ray of hope for individuals and communities who long forpeace and reconciliation." (Dr. G. Douglass Lewis, president,Wesley Theological Seminary) "A must for people who want to be change agents in society.Addresses transformation of conflict from an empowermentperspective." (Craig Arendse, director of mediation andtransformation practice, Cape Town, South Africa) Long Description The Peace Skills: Manual for Community Mediators is a hands-on resource for leaders who seek to be agents of reconciliation by responding proactively to painful differences within their communities. The Peace Skills Set (which includes the Leaders Guide and Manual for Community Mediators) describes skills and strategies to help individuals, organizations, and communities in conflict talk things through and become stronger in the process. Review Text "This guide is packed with information.... Any skilled leader who takes the time to carefully study it can lead successful workshops." (Provident Bookfinder, 2/02) "Offers a ray of hope for individuals and communities who long for peace and reconciliation." (Dr. G. Douglass Lewis, president, Wesley Theological Seminary) "A must for people who want to be change agents in society. Addresses transformation of conflict from an empowerment perspective." (Craig Arendse, director of mediation and transformation practice, Cape Town, South Africa) Review Quote "This guide is packed with information.... Any skilled leader who takes the time to carefully study it can lead successful workshops." ( Provident Bookfinder , 2/02) Promotional "Headline" "This guide is packed with information.... Any skilled leader who takes the time to carefully study it can lead successful workshops." (Provident Bookfinder, 2/02) Feature The Peace Skills Manual is designed as a take-home resource to support workshop participants as they return to their communities and both apply their mediation skills and share their insights with others. Details ISBN0787947997 Author Ronald S. Kraybill Pages 160 Language English ISBN-10 0787947997 ISBN-13 9780787947996 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 303.69 Year 2001 Imprint Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S. Country of Publication United States Illustrations Ill. Birth 1939 Edition 1st Place of Publication New York Short Title PEACE SKILLS DOI 10.1604/9780787947996 UK Release Date 2001-03-27 AU Release Date 2001-02-16 NZ Release Date 2001-02-16 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc Publication Date 2001-03-27 Subtitle Manual for Community Mediators Audience Undergraduate US Release Date 2001-03-27 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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