Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, and Change :

This is the first study to introduce the subject of Arab-Jewish relations and encounters in Israel from both conflict resolution and educational perspectives. Through a critical examination of Arab and Jewish encounter programs in Israel, the book reviews conflict resolution and intergroup theories and processes which are utilized in dealing with ethnic conflicts and offers a detailed presentation of intervention models applied by various encounter programs to promote dialogue, education for peace, and democracy between Arabs and Jews in Israel.

Mohammed Abu-Nimer is Assistant Professor at the International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program at the School of International Services at American University.

List of Figures

xi

List of Tables

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

Introduction

xvii

List of Abbreviations

xxiii

Intergroup Relations Approach

1

(10)

Contact Hypothesis Theory

1

(2)

Intervention Models Based on the Contact Hypothesis and Intergroup Relations Theories

3

(4)

Contact Hypothesis Intervention: Shortcomings and Alternatives

7

(4)

Conflict Resolution Principles In Intergroup Conflicts: An Alternative Approach To Contact Hypothesis

11

(18)

The Emergence of Conflict Resolution

11

(1)

Conflict Resolution: Definitions and Theory

12

(3)

Basic Assumptions and Principles of Conflict Resolution

15

(2)

Conflict Resolution: Intervention Models and Processes

17

(3)

Select Models of Conflict Resolution

20

(4)

Critique of Conflict Resolution Models

24

(2)

Conflict Resolution Responses to Critiques

26

(3)

Arab-Jewish Conflict in Israel: Historical, Social, and Political Background

29

(8)

Context of Arab-Jewish Relations in Israel

29

(3)

Arab-Jewish Relations on the Micro Level: Images and Perceptions

32

(1)

Special Characteristics of the Arab Educational System in Israel

33

(4)

The Arab-Jewish Coexistence Programs

37

(18)

Development of the Coexistence Programs

37

(1)

Arab-Jewish Coexistence Programs

38

(6)

Research on Arab-Jewish Programs

44

(9)

Research on Arab-Jewish Encounters: Limitations and Needs

53

(2)

Methodological Considerations and the Arab-Jewish Programs

55

(8)

The Six Case Study Organizations: Basic Features

57

(6)

The Encounter Programs' Designs: Components of the Intervention Models

63

(36)

Participants

63

(2)

Assumptions

65

(4)

Goals

69

(4)

Structure

73

(4)

Content

77

(4)

Process

81

(8)

Third-Party Role

89

(2)

Arab-Jewish Encounters: Is There a Generic Model?

91

(8)

Perceptions of the Arab-Jewish Conflict In Israel

99

(16)

Intervenors' Conflict Perceptions

99

(11)

Intervention Models and Perceptions of Arab-Jewish Conflict

110

(5)

Perception of Success And Impacts of the Encounter Models

115

(16)

What Is Success?

115

(2)

Measures and Criteria of Success

117

(4)

Actual Success

121

(1)

Examples of Success

122

(1)

Participants' Perceptions of Outputs and Impacts

123

(3)

Perception of Success: The Need for Systematic Measurement

126

(5)

Impacts of the Political Context on the Encounter Models

131

(18)

Major Changes in the Encounter Programs Since the Mid-1980s

131

(2)

Impacts of the Peace Process

133

(2)

Impacts of the Intifada on Intervention Models

135

(4)

Impacts of the Gulf War on the Encounter Programs

139

(4)

Impacts of Soviet Jewish Immigration on Encounter Programs

143

(3)

Encounter Models and Context: Avoidance, Confusion, and Slow Adjustment

146

(3)

Arab-Jewish Encounter Programs: Political Change or Control?

149

(26)

Limitations of the Arab-Jewish Encounter Field

149

(7)

Limitations in the AJP Designs

156

(2)

Do the Examined Intervention Models Contribute to Control or Change Processes

158

(4)

Arab-Jewish Encounter Programs and Educational Conflict Resolution Models

162

(2)

Conflict Resolution Approach in Arab-Jewish Encounter

164

(2)

Major Recommendations

166

(3)

Appendixes

Participants and the Intifada's Impacts

169

(2)

Participants and the Gulf War's Impacts

171

(2)

Examples of Success in Arab-Jewish Intervention

173

(2)

Notes

175

(6)

Bibliography

181

(14)

Index

195

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Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, and Change : Arab-Jewish Encounters in Israel

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