Transcend and Transform: An Introduction to Conflict Work (Peace By Peaceful Means) [Paperback]

Johan Galtung (Author)

Book Description

Series: Peace By Peaceful Means | Publication Date: October 30, 2004

This is a practical handbook to conflict resolution, that shows how to overcome conflicts at all levels -- from personal domestic conflicts, to issue-based struggles about race, class and gender, and finally to major international conflicts between nation states or international divides along economic and religious lines. Johan Galtung is the world's most experienced peace studies professor, and founder of the peace studies discipline. This book lays out the limitless variety of the uses to which conflict resolution theory can be applied. Revealing the interconnections between conflict at all levels of society, Galtung argues that an equal variety of solutions are available to us, if we are willing to explore them. The book will be of interest to anyone who deals with conflict on a daily basis -- such as teachers, social workers, parents and couples -- as well as students of peace studies. Offering handy tips and practical advice, with over 40 illustrative examples, Galtung shows how we can transcend the difficulties that lead to conflict at all levels.

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I find this the best book ever written about handling conflicts. It presents a carefully developed theoretical framework -- Dietrich Fischer Director, European University Center for Peace Studies, Stadtschlaining, Austria --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Johan Galtung founded the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo in 1959 and is the author of many essays and works on peace, including Searching for Peace (Pluto Press, 2000) and Transcend and Transform (Pluto Press, 2004). Currently Professor of Peace Studies at six universities, he is the holder of the Right Livelihood Award 1987 and the Norwegian Humanist Prize 1988.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Pluto Pr (October 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745322549
• ISBN-13: 978-0745322544
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,386,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Father of peace studies gives us something to focus on., February 18, 2008

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Terence W. Langton (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Transcend and Transform: An Introduction to Conflict Work (Peace By Peaceful Means) (Paperback)

I am a conflict resolution student at Portland State University. This book is one of the texts that we use in our class. Conflict and negotiation are an everyday part of life and tools to help us to resolve these problems will make our lives so much simpler. I found this book to be an answer to my problems and a creative way to view solutions to conflict. This book gives us ways to apply theories to problem solving. It is a very important and valuable book and belongs in a=everyone's library.