Long-term effects of peace workshops in protracted conflicts

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 908-924

  Malhotra, Deepak ^a   Liyanage, Sumanasiri ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Contact hypothesis; Empathy; Evaluation; Peace; Protracted conflict; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144436503     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002705281153     Document Type: Review

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