A Public Peace Process Sustained Dialogue to Transform Racial and Ethnic Conflicts

Many of the human conflicts that seize our attention are not ready for formal mediation and negotiation: People do not negotiate about identity, fear, historic grievance, and injustice. Sustained dialogue provides citizens outside government can change their conflictual relationships. Harold Saunders' A Public Peace Process , provides citizens instruments for transforming conflict. Saunders outlines a systematic approach for citizens to use in reducing racial, ethnic, and other deep-rooted tensions in their countries, communities, and organizations.

Harold H. Saunders is Director of International Affairs at the Kettering Foundation, former member of the National Security Council Staff, and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

Preface: A Personal Essay: The Human and Intellectual Roots of Sustained Dialogue * Introduction: The Challenges of Conflict and Peace in the Citizens’ Century * The Peace Process: A Conceptual Framework * Changing Conflictual Relationships * Citizens’ Politics in Civil Society * International Relationships across Permeable Borders * The Dialogue Process * Sustained Dialogue-A Public Peace Process * The Inter-Tajik Dialogue * Baton Rouge: Dialogue on Race Relations--William Jefferson Day, Jan Bernard & Fred Jeff Smith * Bridging the Abyss: Palestinian-Israeli Women’s Dialogues--Galia Golan & Zahira Kamal * Evaluating Sustained Dialogue * Sustained Dialogue-A Public Space for Learning
Preface: A Personal Essay: The Human and Intellectual Roots of Sustained Dialogue * Introduction: The Challenges of Conflict and Peace in the Citizens’ Century * The Peace Process: A Conceptual Framework * Changing Conflictual Relationships * Citizens’ Politics in Civil Society * International Relationships across Permeable Borders * The Dialogue Process * Sustained Dialogue-A Public Peace Process * The Inter-Tajik Dialogue * Baton Rouge: Dialogue on Race Relations--William Jefferson Day, Jan Bernard & Fred Jeff Smith * Bridging the Abyss: Palestinian-Israeli Women’s Dialogues--Galia Golan & Zahira Kamal * Evaluating Sustained Dialogue * Sustained Dialogue-A Public Space for Learning