Violence is the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against a person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation. This definition associates intentionality with the committing of the act itself, irrespective of the outcome it produces.
The following items are tagged violence.
War and Possibilities of Peace (Soc 119a)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY PEACE, CONFLICT, AND COEXISTENCE STUDIES
NOT OFFERED FALL 2012
Instructor:
Gordon Fellman
Brandeis University
781-736-2642
Ponders the possibility of a major “paradigm shift” under way from adversarialism and war to mutuality and peace. Examines war culture and peace culture and points in between, with emphases on the role of imagination in social change,
The Dispute Resolution Directory brings together information on a rich selection of courses and learning opportunities in the greater Boston area for people interested in negotiation and dispute resolution. The Directory is published by the Dispute Resolution Program and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. The Program on Negotiation is a community of
Nancy Shippen, Executive Director, Our Prison Neighbors
The mission of Our Prison Neighbors is to recruit, support and expand the role of volunteers in Massachusetts’ prisons. The volunteers provide prisioners with educational, social and spiritual programs and are also advocates for sentencing reform and other criminal justice issues. Our Prison Neighbors programs include Alternatives to Violence
The Workable Peace curriculum — a set of seven comprehensive curriculum guides for secondary schools and youth programs — is a product of The Workable Peace Project, directed by Stacie Smith and David Fairman at the Consensus Building Institute. The curriculum is designed to help students understand why intergroup conflicts begin, why some conflicts lead
The Consensus Building Institute (CBI) and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) have released the Workable Peace Curriculum Series.
The Workable Peace curriculum — a set of seven comprehensive curriculum guides for secondary schools and youth programs — is a product of The Workable Peace Project, directed by Stacie Smith and David Fairman
A new publication by Eileen Babbitt and Kristin Williams is available from Coexistence International. This paper, Complementary Approaches
to Coexistence Work: Focus on Coexistence and Human Rights (pdf, 251KB), focuses on the potential for the fields of of coexistence and human rights to cooperate and share tools and strategies in order to mitigate both inter-group violence
A new publication by Eileen Babbitt and Kristin Williams is available from Coexistence International. This paper, Complementary Approaches to Coexistence Work: Focus on Coexistence and Human Rights, focuses on the potential for the fields of coexistence and human rights to cooperate and share tools and strategies in order to mitigate both inter-group violence and human
Retired US Senator George Mitchell played a critical role in negotiating the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland. In an interview with Susan Hackley, Managing Director of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, in the February 2004 Negotiation newsletter, he describes how he was able to facilitate an agreement between these long warring
A partial list of organizations offering internship opportunities in the Greater Boston area.
Join us for a discussion with Professor Ivan Sascha Sheehan on the intersection of the war on terror and the field of conflict management. He is the author of the recent book, When Terrorism and Counterterrorism Clash: The War on Terror and the Transformation of Terrorist Activity (Cambria Press, 2007)
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