Social Psychology of Intergroup Reconciliation From Violent Conflict to Peaceful Co-Existence

by Nadler, Arie; Malloy, Thomas; Fisher, Jeffrey D.

• ISBN13: 9780195300314
• ISBN10: 0195300319
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The volume begins with an overview by Herbert Kelman discussingreconciliation as distinct from related processes of conflict settlement andconflict resolution. Following that, the first section of the volume focuses onintergroup reconciliation as consisting of moving beyond feelings of guilt andvictimization (i.e., socio-emotional reconciliation). These processes includeacceptance of responsibility for past wrongdoings and being forgiven in return.Such processes must occur on the background of restoring and maintainingfeelings of esteem and respect for each of the parties. The chapters in thesecond section focus on processes through which parties learn to co-exist in aconflict free environment and trust each other (i.e., instrumentalreconciliation). Such learning results from prolonged contact betweenadversarial groups under optimal conditions. Chapters in this section highlightthe critical role of identity related processes (e.g., common identity) andpower equality in this context. The contributions in the third part apply thesocial-psychological insights discussed previously to an analysis of real worldprograms to bring reconciliation (e.g., Tutsis and Hutus in Rwanda, Israelis andPalestinians, and African societies plagued by the HIV epidemic and the Westernaid donors). In a concluding chapter Morton Deutsch shares his insights onintergroup reconciliation that have accumulated in close to six decades of workon conflict and its resolution.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Intergroup Reconciliation: Dimensions and Themes	p. 3
Intergroup Reconciliation: Its Nature
Reconciliation From a Social-Psychological Perspective	p. 15
Socioemotional Reconciliation: Moving Beyond Victimhood, Guilt, and Humiliation
Guilt, Victimhood, and Forgiveness
Instrumental and Socioemotional Paths to Intergroup Reconciliation and the Needs-Based Model of Socioemotional Reconciliation	p. 37
Transforming Trauma in the Aftermath of Gross Human Rights Abuses: Making Public Spaces Intimate Through the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission	p. 57
Social Categorization, Standards of Justice, and Collective Guilt	p. 77
Prospects for Intergroup Reconciliation: Social-Psychological Predictors of Intergroup Forgiveness and Reparation in Northern Ireland and Chile	p. 97
Restoring Respect and Esteem
How Needs Can Motivate Intergroup Reconciliation in the Face of Intergroup Conflict	p. 117
The Social Psychology of Respect: Implications for Delegitimization and Reconciliation	p. 145
From Egosystem to Ecosystem in Intergroup Interactions: Implications for Intergroup Reconciliation	p. 171
Instrumental Reconciliation: Contact, Common Identity, and Equality
Contact and Common Identity
Stepping Stones to Reconciliation in Northern Ireland: Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and Trust	p. 199
Majority and Minority Perspectives in Intergroup Relations: The Role of Contact, Group Representations, Threat, and Trust in Intergroup Conflict and Reconciliation	p. 227
A Social-Psychological Approach to Postconflict Reconciliation	p. 255
Reconciliation, Trust, and Cooperation: Using Bottom-Up and Top-Down Strategies to Achieve Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	p. 275
Equality and Differential Power
Diminishing Vertical Distance: Power and Social Status as Barriers to Intergroup Reconciliation	p. 301
Social Identity, Legitimacy, and Intergroup Conflict: The Rocky Road to Reconciliation	p. 319
Intergroup Relations and Reconciliation: Theoretical Analysis and Methodological Implications	p. 345
Programs to Promote Intergroup Reconciliation
The Road to Reconciliation	p. 369
Promoting Reconciliation After Genocide and Mass Killing in Rwanda - And Other Postconflict Settings: Understanding the Roots of Violence, Healing, Shared History, and General Principles	p. 395
Between Conflict and Reconciliation: Toward a Theory of Peaceful Coexistence	p. 423
Help as a Vehicle to Reconciliation, With Particular Reference to Help for Extreme Health Needs	p. 447
Intergroup Reconciliation: An Overall View
Reconciliation After Destructive Intergroup Conflict	p. 471
Index	p. 487
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