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#47A ATTITUDINAL FIX In confronting big problems or minor human inconvenience / irritation, I look to changing attitudes / behavior with education, drawing on existing social institutions. Defusing anxiety / mistrust conflict brings is a first step (humor can help!) I trust in people coming together and cooperating; in their willingness to learn from each other--sharing worldviews, articulating values and goals. This can resolve conflicts and find non-technology or human labor /soft technology based “win, win” imaginative solutions. (Note: critics say this democratic, transparent process may be too time-consuming to tackle big urgent problems.) |
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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #47A: Attitudinal Fix |
| Getting to Yes, by Fisher, Ury & Patton (book about win-win outcomes based on Harvard Negotiation Project work) |
| The Evolution of Cooperation, by Robert Axelrod and Richard Dawkins (2006 revision of classic--read excerpts at Google Books) |
| Information on More Constructive Approaches to Difficult and Intractable Conflicts |
| Bridge Builders (organization devoted to "helping communities find the common ground") |
| Attitude Change Approach (based on Yale University work, posted on Changing Minds website) |
| Attitudes Drive Behavior (online for West Virginia University communications course) |
| Social Attitudes (report on psychology-related experiment from The Economist October 15 2016) |
| No Hard Feelings--Reconciliation After Competition (report from The Economist August 13 2016) |
| "FDA Launches Teen Anti-Smoking Campaign" by Saundra Young (report on effort to change teen attitudes, from CNN Feb 4 2014) |
| Search for Common Ground (organization working to transform the way the world deals with conflict) |
| Peacemakers Trust (Canadian organization devoted to "research and education on conflict resolution") |
| Conflict Transformation and Peace Building--Links |
| Mediate.com (website about "everything mediation": find dispute resolution professionals, articles, grad programs, etc.) |
| Reconceptualizing Environmental Conflict Resolution, by Emmet P. Fiske (from Washington State University) |
| The Strategy of Conflict by Thomas Schelling (more about this 1960 classic book about the relevance of game theory to conflict resolution) |
| A Strategy for Dealing with Intractable Environmental Conflicts, by Guy Burgess & Heidi Burgess |
| The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (one goal to "ultimately contribute to the peaceful resolution of conflict.") |
| The National Center for Conflict Resolution Education |
| Conflict Management Skills, by Gregorio Billikopf (from UC Berkeley website) |
| The Art in Peacemaking (download NEA 87 page booklet about conflict resolution education and art programs) |
| The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict by The Arbinger Institute (more about the 2015 revised edition of this book from Amazon) |
| Sand Play Therapy (more about using this type of art to heal or resolve conflict, from the Sandplay Therapists of America website) |
| U.S. Institute of Peace |
| Changing minds.org (claims to be "the largest site in the world on all aspects of how we change one another's minds.) |
| Why
climate ‘doomers’ are replacing climate ‘deniers’ by Shannon Osaka
(from the Washington Post Mar 24 2023) |
| 10
Tips for Getting People to Talk Across Political Differences by
S. Shuster & S. Jerison (essay posted on Greater Good
website Oct 9 2018) |
| Leadership Styles (note contrast between relations or people oriented vs. task oriented leadership styles) |
| Council on Foreign Relations (a non-partisan resource for information and analysis) |
| The Challenge of Cultural Relativism, by James Rachels (1993 essay) |
| Institute for Multi-track Diplomacy |
| Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by R. Fisher, etal (read excerpts at Google Books) |
| The Evolution of God, by Robin Wright (about this 2009 book tracing the beginnings of religious tolerance) |
| "Chainsaw Diplomacy," by Peter Beinart (article about US foreign policy in Time March 31 2008) |
| Pathways to Peace (an organization devoted to peace-building) |
| Buddhist Technology: Bringing a New Consciousness to Our Technological Future, by Arthur Zajonc |
| Biotechnology, Biopiracy, and the Mentality of Science |
| quotes related to diplomacy |
| quotes related to attitude |
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seen
everything. "
from Coming of Age in the Global Village,
by
Stephen P. Cook, with Donella H. Meadows.