{"product_id":"peace-skills-isbn-9780787947996","title":"Peace Skills","description":"Part of the Peace Skills Set, this Manual is designed as atake-home resource to support workshop participants as they returnto their communities and both apply their mediation skills andshare their insights with others. It covers conflict analysis, therole of mediation, the stages of mediation, communication skills,and working with group conflicts and in cross cultural settings. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview of the manual xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThoughts About Peace and Transformation xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection One: Assumptions about Conflict and the Role of Peacebuilders 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Assumptions about Conflict 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Understanding Conflict and the Role of Mediation 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Two: Introduction to Mediation 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Mediation: A Tool for Empowering Others 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Before Mediation: Laying the Foundation 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Introduction Stage: Providing Safety 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Story-Telling Stage: Offering Understanding 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Problem-Solving Stage: Building Joint Ownership 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Additional Tools for Problem Solving 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Agreement Stage: Seeking Sustainability 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Moving Toward Reconciliation: Letting Go of the Past 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Three: Communication Skills and Tools 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Listening Skills 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Language in Mediation 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Emotions in Conflict 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Four: Building Peace in Communities 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Designing a Peacebuilding Process 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Additional Reading About Conflict Transformation 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout Plowshares 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the conflict Transformation program 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 131\u003c\/p\u003e \"This guide is packed with information.... Any skilled leader who takes the time to carefully study it can lead successful workshops.\" (Provident Bookfinder, 2\/02)\"Offers a ray of hope for individuals and communities who long forpeace and reconciliation.\" (Dr. G. Douglass Lewis, president,Wesley Theological Seminary)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A must for people who want to be change agents in society.Addresses transformation of conflict from an empowermentperspective.\" (Craig Arendse, director of mediation andtransformation practice, Cape Town, South Africa) RONALD S. KRAYBILL is associate professor in the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Kraybill was the former director of training at the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and founding director of the Mennonite Conciliation Service. ROBERT A. EVANS are international trainers and consultants in the field of conflict transformation. They are founding directors of Plowshares Institute and senior fellows at the Centre for Conflict Resolution, at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.  The Peace Skills: Manual for Community Mediators is a hands-on resource for leaders who seek to be agents of reconciliation by responding proactively to painful differences within their communities. The Peace Skills Set (which includes the Leaders' Guide and Manual for Community Mediators) describes skills and strategies to help individuals, organizations, and communities in conflict talk things through and become stronger in the process. Based on successful conflict transformation workshops conducted in countries around the world, the Manual for Community Mediators offers guidance and tools for  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBringing conflicting parties into a four-stage mediation process\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssisting parties to resolve their own issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGetting beyond the barriers of language and miscommunication\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesigning processes for responding to group conflicts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \"Offers a ray of hope for individuals and communities who long for peace and reconciliation.\" —Dr. G. Douglass Lewis, president, Wesley Theological Seminary \"A must for people who want to be change agents in society. Addresses transformation of conflict from an empowerment perspective.\" —Craig Arendse, director of mediation and transformation practice, Cape Town, South Africa The Authors Ronald S. Kraybill is associate professor in the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Kraybill was the former director of training at the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and founding director of the Mennonite Conciliation Service. Alice Frazer Evans and Robert A. Evans are international trainers and consultants in the field of conflict transformation. They are founding directors of Plowshares Institute and senior fellows at the Centre for Conflict Resolution, at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The Peace Skills: Manual for Community Mediators is a hands-on resource for leaders who seek to be agents of reconciliation by responding proactively to painful differences within their communities. 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