Pathways to Peace

Table Of Contents

The Ernst Strüngmann Forum vii
List of Contributors ix
Foreword: The Culture of Peace
Anwarul K. Chowdhury xiii
Foundations for a New Approach
1 Peace Is a Lifelong Process: The Importance of Partnerships
James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick, and Rima Salah 3
2 Framing Our Analysis: A Dialectical Perspective
Robert A. Hinde and Joan Stevenson-Hinde 19
3 Ecology of Peace
Pia R. Britto, Ilanit Gordon, William Hodges, Diane Sunar, Cigdem Kagitcibasi, and James F. Leckman 27
Human Biological Development
4 Peptide Pathways to Peace
C. Sue Carter and Stephen W. Porges 43
5 Epigenetics: Significance of the Gene-Environment Interface for Brain Development
Eric B. Keverne 65
6 Group Identity as an Obstacle and Catalyst of Peace
Douglas P. Fry 79
7 Human Biological Development and Peace: Genes, Brains, Safety, and Justice
Barak Morgan, Diane Sunar, C. Sue Carter, James F. Leckman, Douglas P. Fry, Eric B. Keverne, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa, Robert Kumsta, and David Olds 95
Early Childhood Events and Relationships
8 Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives
Dario Maestripieri 131
9 The Problem of Institutionalization of Young Children and Its Consequences for Efforts to Build Peaceful Societies
Nathan A. Fox, Charles A. Nelson, and Charles H. Zeanah 145
10 Prosocial Development and Situational Morality: Neurobiological, Parental, and Contextual Factors
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn and Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg 161
11 How Do Events and Relationships in Childhood Set the Stage for Peace at Personal and Social Levels?
Howard Steele, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, W. Thomas Boyce, Mary Dozier, Nathan A. Fox, Heidi Keller, Dario Maestripieri, Paul Odhiambo Oburu, and Hiltrud Otto 185
Challenges in Society
12 Mental Health and Development among Children Living in Violent Conditions: Underlying Processes for Promoting Peace
Raija-Leena Punamäki 213
13 Structural Violence and Early Childhood Development
Andrew Dawes and Amelia van der Merwe 233
14 Promoting the Capacity for Peace in Early Childhood: Perspectives from Research on Resilience in Children and Families
Ann S. Masten 251
15 Healthy Human Development as a Path to Peace
Daniel J. Christie, Catherine Panter-Brick, Jere R. Behrman, James R. Cochrane, Andrew Dawes, Kirstin Goth, Jacqueline Hayden, Ann S. Masten, Ilham Nasser, Raija-Leena Punamäki, and Mark Tomlinson 273
Program and Policy Implications
16 Interventions: What Has Worked and Why?
Cigdem Kagitcibasi and Pia R. Britto 305
17 Linking Peacebuilding and Child Development: A Basic Framework
Mohammed Abu-Nimer and Ilham Nasser 323
18 The Power of Media in Peacebuilding
Lucy Nusseibeh 339
19 Creating Effective Programs and Policies to Reduce Violence and Promote Peace
Pia R. Britto, Rima Salah, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Jacqueline Bhabha, Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Gary R. Gunderson, Cigdem Kagitcibasi, Lucy Nusseibeh, Olayinka Omigbodun, Mikiko Otani, and Geraldine Smyth 361
Bibliography 385
Subject
Index 445