Coleman The Way Out

How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-231-55215-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

The social psychologist Peter T. Coleman explores how conflict resolution and complexity science provide guidance for dealing with seemingly intractable political differences. The Way Out is a vital and timely guide to breaking free from the cycle of mutual contempt in order to better our lives, relationships, and country.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coleman, Peter T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: While Rome Burns
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Our Crisis and Opportunity
2. Why We Are Stuck
3. Attracted to Conflict
4. Think Different—Change Your Theory of Change
5. Reset—Capture the Power of New Beginnings
6. Bolster and Break—Locate Latent Bubbles
7. Complicate—Embrace Contradictory Complexity
8. Move—Activate Novel Pathways and Rhythms
9. Adapt—Seek Evolution for Revolution
10. Conclusion: New Rules for The Way Out
Afterword
Appendix: Assessments and Exercises
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Peter T. Coleman is professor of psychology and education at Columbia University, where he holds a joint appointment at Teachers College and the Earth Institute and directs two research centers. He is the author of Making Conflict Work: Harnessing the Power of Disagreement (2014) and The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts (2011), among other books.