Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, and Change : Arab-Jewish Encounters in Israel,9780791441534

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

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ISBN13: 9780791441534
ISBN10: 0791441539
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

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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