Learning about 'good enough' through 'bad enough': A story of a planned dialogue between Israeli Jews and Palestinians

Human Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1075-1101

  Maoz, Ifat ^a,b,c,d   Bar On, Dan ^a   Bekerman, Zvi ^a   Jaber Massarwa, Summer ^a,e,f  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Hebrew University of Jerusalem ^*  (Israel)

^f Neve Shalom Wahat Al Salam Sch P

Author keywords

Dialogue; Group processes; Intergroup relations; Israeli Palestinian conflict; Jewish Arab relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044260940     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726704047139     Document Type: Article

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