The Role of Trust in Conflict Resolution (eBook)

Dr. Ilai Alon is a retired associate professor at Tel Aviv University's departmet of philosophy. Education at the Hebrew University and Oxford University, Wolfosn College (1968-1970.) The major topics – (1) Arabic language and literature; (2) Philosophy. He served as a visiting researcher at Stanford University, and as a visiting professor at Princeton, Harvard, Lehigh (Pennsylvania,) Carlton (Ottawa.) Dr. Daniel Bar-Tal is Branco Weiss Professor of Research in Child Development and Education at the School of Education, Tel Aviv University. His research interest is in political and social psychology studying socio-psychological foundations of intractable conflicts and peace building, as well as development of political understanding among children and peace education.

Trust and Distrust: Introduction

Alon, Ilai and Bar-Tal, Daniel

 

Part I – Theoretical Aspects: Trust in Conflict Resolution

1.    The Philosophy of Trust

Agassi, Joseph

 

2.      Two Theoretical Approaches to Trust - Their Implications for the Resolution of Intergroup Conflict

Sztompka, Piotr

3.      Effects of Expectations, Type of Relationship and Prior Injustice on Trust Honoring: A Strategic-Experimental Approach

Suleiman, Ramzi

 

 

Part II - the Comparative Aspect: How was Trust been reached in other Conflicts.

4.      Lessons learned on Trust Building in Northern Ireland

Fitzduff, Mari

 

5.      Determinants of Post-Conflict Trust: The Role of Ethnic Identity, Personal and Collective Victimization and Intergroup Emotions

Corkalo Biruski, Dinka

 

Part III – the Cultural-Religious Aspect: Trust in   Islam and Judaism

6.      Some Comments on Language as A Barrier to Trust in Arabic-Speaking Islam

Alon, Ilai

 

7.      Usual Suspects: On Trust, Doubt and Ethnicity in the Mishnah

Rosen-Zvi, Ishay



Part IV – Trust in the Israeli – Palestinian Conflict

8.      Trust and Mistrust in Israeli Peace-Making

Golan, Galia

9.      The Role of Trust in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Yuchtman-Yaar, Ephraim 

10.  Trust and Negotiations: Israel and the Palestinians, 2009-2016 Tzoreff, Yohanan

 

11.  Lay Psychology of Trust/Distrust and beyond in the Context of an Intractable Conflict: the Case of Israeli Jews

Bar-Tal, Daniel; Amiram Raviv; Shapira, Paz; and Kahn, Dennis

12.   Lack of Trust as a Barrier to Reconciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Attitudes of Israeli (Jewish) Elite Members toward Reconciliation with the Palestinians

Auerbach, Yehudith

 

13.  Historical Narratives and the Issue of Trust

Susser, Asher

 

14.  Trust and Confidence Building in the Israeli Palestinian Peace Negotiations

Salem, Walid

 

15.  Trust, Ethics and Intentionality in Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation Jamal, Amal

 

 

16.   Distrust and Discord on the Israeli-Arab Conflict between Arabs and Jews in Israel

Smooha, Sammy

 

Part V – Lessons and Conclusions

Socio-Psychological Approach to Trust (or Distrust): Concluding Comments

Bar-Tal, Daniel and Alon, Ilai