Peace psychology in the Balkans: dealing with a violent past while building peace

The volume covers the development of peace psychology in the Balkans. The Balkans is a region marked by post-communist and post-conflict transitional turmoil, and this book provides a comprehensive introduction to research in peace psychology in this part of the world, written by scholars primarily working in the Balkan area. It brings together innovative scholarship that examines interdisciplinary aspects of peace psychology researched and written by scholars from Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Croatia, and Sloveniaas well as presenting research that responds to contemporary global issues bytracking the ways in which peace psychology is developing and implementing inthe Balkans. INDICE: Peace psychology in the Balkans: In times past, present, and future.- Ethnic conflict and reconciliation in post-communist Romania.- Theories ofethnocentrism and their implications for peacebuilding.- Transforming violentmasculinities in Serbia and beyond.- Making or breaking the peace: The role of schools in inter-ethnic peacemaking.- Journalistic views on post-violent peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina.- War through other means: Examining the role of symbols in Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Imagine Being Alone: Making Sense of Life in Contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina by Remembering the Past.- Internalizing and externalizing symptoms in a sample of Bosnian young adults ten years after the war.- Family in exile: Examining the risk and resilience of refugees in Serbia.- Parallel worlds of divided community: Time does not make a difference.- Open option: Romas, discrimination and peace-building in Macedonian?uto-Orizari.- Overcoming Ethnic Hatred: Peacebuilding and Violent Conflict Prevention in Divided Societies.- Coming to terms with the past marked by collective crimes: Collective Moral Responsibility and Reconciliation.

• ISBN: 978-1-4614-1947-1
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 31/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés