TY - JOUR
T1 - Nature, rationale, and effectiveness of education for coexistence
AU - Bar-Tal, Daniel
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Coexistence is a state of mind shared by society members who recognize the rights of another group to exist peacefully as a legitimate, equal partner with whom disagreements have to be resolved in nonviolent ways. Achieving coexistence is a great challenge because of the negative relations between the two groups. These negative relations, the result of ethnocentric beliefs or intractable conflict, are widely shared and their abolition requires deep societal change. Education for coexistence plays an important function in this change. The article suggests that when negative relations are based on ethnocentrism, education for coexistence plays a major role in changing the nature of the relations. But when negative relations derive from intergroup conflict, education for coexistence has less influence.
AB - Coexistence is a state of mind shared by society members who recognize the rights of another group to exist peacefully as a legitimate, equal partner with whom disagreements have to be resolved in nonviolent ways. Achieving coexistence is a great challenge because of the negative relations between the two groups. These negative relations, the result of ethnocentric beliefs or intractable conflict, are widely shared and their abolition requires deep societal change. Education for coexistence plays an important function in this change. The article suggests that when negative relations are based on ethnocentrism, education for coexistence plays a major role in changing the nature of the relations. But when negative relations derive from intergroup conflict, education for coexistence has less influence.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.0022-4537.2004.00110.x
DO - 10.1111/j.0022-4537.2004.00110.x
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AN - SCOPUS:3142540705
VL - 60
SP - 253
EP - 271
JO - Journal of Social Issues
JF - Journal of Social Issues
SN - 0022-4537
IS - 2
ER -