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Despite our advances in technology and education, we still live in a world permeated by violence. This introductory textbook in the field of peace psychology addresses the psychological causes of violence and nonviolence, conflict resolution, nonviolent struggle, and the confluence of public policy and private lifestyles.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Psychological Causes of Violence
2. Psychological Effects of Violence
3. Psychological Causes of Nonviolence
4. Psychological Effects of Nonviolence
5. Conflict Resolution
6. Nonviolent Struggle and Social Movements
7. Public Policy Issues of Violence
8. Gentle Lives and Culture
History of Peace Psychology
References
Index

About the Author

Rachel M. MacNair, PhD, is 2012 president-elect of the American Psychological Association's Division 48, Society for Peace Psychology, and will serve as president of the division in 2013. Her published works includes Praeger'sPerpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress: The Psychological Consequences of Killing and Working for Peace: A Handbook of Practical Psychology and other Tools.

Reviews

MacNair writes with sufficient force and clarity to keep general readers, even young ones, engaged. . . . Her analysis will provide a valuable intellectual structure for further study of the roots and branches of war and peace at all levels, from the individual to worldwide.
*Library Journal*