Peace Interventions Tailored to Phases Within a Cycle of Intergroup Violence

The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Christie, Daniel J ^a   Louis, Winnifred R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cycles of violence; Group norms; Intervention strategies; Negative peace interventions; Peace psychology; Peacebuilding; Positive peace interventions; Social change; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924732833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199747672.013.0015     Document Type: Chapter

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