Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict

Michelle Maiese summarizing John Paul Lederach

Michelle Maiese is a graduate student of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder and is a part of the research staff at the Conflict Research Consortium. John Paul Lederach is a Professor of International Peace Building at the Kroc Institute for International Studies at Notre Dame and a Distinguished Scholar at the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University.

The infusion of a sense of righteousness into the common urge to bash things around has always proved to be a powerful stimulus to action. -- Kenneth Boulding

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Organizations Making Noteworthy Contributions to Efforts to Promote More Constructive Conflict

American Sociological Association: Section on Peace, War, and Social Conflict

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Beyond Intractability

Interview With John Paul Lederach
One of the most captivating peacebuilders of our time talks about his work.

Nobel Peace Prize Winners

International Committee of the Red Cross
Winner of the 1944 Nobel Peace Prize

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