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Reconciliation from a social-psychological perspective
by Kelman, Herbert C.
Until recently, the term "reconciliation" was used primarily (although with some notable exceptions) in religious discourse. It was not often subjected to systematic analysis by political scientists...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: March 2008 More
Evaluating the contributions of interactive problem solving to the resolution of ethnonational conflicts
by Kelman, Herbert C.
Interactive problem solving is a form of unofficial diplomacy, centering on problem-solving workshops and related activities with political elites in conflicting societies. Its dual purpose is...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: January 2008 More
The Skin Color Paradox and the American Racial Order
by Hochschild, Jennifer L.; Weaver, Vesla
Dark-skinned blacks in the United States have lower socioeconomic status, more punitive relationships with the criminal justice system, diminished prestige, and less likelihood of holding elective...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: December 2007 More
Anti-Semitism and Zionism in the Debate on the Palestinian Issue
by Kelman, Herbert C.
The heated debate about the Palestinian issue and Israeli actions in the occupied territories often confronts me with a dilemma. To begin with, I have trouble with any attempt to structure the issue...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: July 2007 More
The Israeli-Palestinian peace process and its vicissitudes: Insights from attitude theory
by Kelman, Herbert C.
The vicissitudes of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process since 1967 are analyzed using attitudes and related concepts where relevant. The 1967 war returned the two peoples' zero-sum conflict around...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: May 2007 More
Getting Religion? The Puzzling Case of Islam and Civil War
by Toft, Monica Duffy
In this article I argue that overlapping historical, geographical, and, in particular, structural factors account for Islam’s higher representation in religious civil wars. Together, the historical...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: March 2007 More
Social psychological dimensions of international conflict
by Kelman, Herbert C.
Social-psychological concepts and findings have entered the mainstream of theory and research in international relations. Explorations of the social-psychological dimensions of international politics...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: January 2007 More
Gender and Secularism of Modernity: How Can a Muslim Woman Be French?
by Najmabadi, Afsaneh
The current debates in and about the veil in Europe carry with them not only the terms of the emergence of political Islam in the past several decades, but also this historical memory and that of the...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: August 2006 More
Reconciliation as Identity Change: A Social-Psychological Perspective
by Kelman, Herbert C.
This chapter focuses on reconciliation in the context of and in relation to an emerging or recently completed process of conflict resolution. The cases that particularly inform my analysis are the...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: February 2004 More
Continuity and Change: My Life as a Social Psychologist
by Kelman, Herbert C.
This present chapter gives me another and very special opportunity to reflect on my work during the past 55 years. The focus of these reflections is my particular way of doing social psychology over...
Publication Type: Published Paper
Published Date: January 2004 More