Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures

by John Lederach

Overview

Since the early 1950s, John Paul Lederach has traveled worldwide as a mediation trainer and conflict resolution consultant. He has worked with governments, justice departments, and youth programs in Latin America, the Philippines, Cambodia, Somalia, and Africa. Drawing on his experience, Lederach explains the process and key variables used in teaching conflict resolution. Lederach uses anecdotes and pertinent experiences to demonstrate his resolution techniques. The book will appeal to those involved in resolution activities through development, relief, and nongovernmental agencies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815627258
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	08/28/1996
Series:	Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
Pages:	133
Product dimensions:	5.68(w) x 8.68(h) x 0.49(d)

About the Author

John Paul Lederach is associate professor of sociology at Eastern Mennonite University and director of the International Conciliation Service of the Mennonite Central Committee, and author of Conflict Transformation.