Excerpt: Chapters 1.3 and 1.4: Democratic Dialogue – A Handbook for Practitioners
(25 pages – Excerpted pdf) An excerpt with literature review of dialogue in peacebuilding and conflict transformation with global examples.
Fall Semester Resources for Educators
ANNOUNCEMENT: As campuses head back to campus, we’re thrilled to announce that beginning in early September 2024, in partnership with the AAC&U’s Institute for Democracy and Higher Education, the Sustained Dialogue Institute’s Campus Network will provide an on-demand “helpdesk” for educators dealing with tricky campus moments related to democratic conversations. We’ve gathered a team of scholar-practitioners, […]
Democratic Dialogue – A Handbook for Practitioners
(Full book) Link: (.pdf) Democratic Dialogue – A Handbook for Practitioners Jointly produced in 2008 with global examples by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Government of Canada, International IDEA, the Organization of American States (OAS), the General Secretariat of the OAS (GS/OAS), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Excerpt Chapters (28 […]
“Dialogue and Organizational Transformation”
Full chapter text link Beyond Intractability Summary LINK
Interview of Linda Teurfs(1994) Full text
Link: Interview with Linda Teurfs on the Building Blocks of Dialogue. Cafh Foundation’s interview focuses on the principles and soft skills required of individuals in dialogue.
Journal Review: “Dialogue: Speaking to Listen, Listening to Speak”
(Jstor access required) https://www.jstor.org/stable/42578021 Reviewed Works: On Dialogue by David Bohm; Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together by William Isaacs; The Magic of Dialogue: Transforming Conflict into Cooperation by Daniel Yankelovich; Dialogue: Rediscover the Transforming Power of Conversation by Linda Ellinor, Glena Gerard Review by: Philip Vassallo ETC: A Review of General Semantics, Vol. 57, No. 3 (Fall 2000), pp. 306-313 (8 pages)
The Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War: Surprising Ideas from Everyday People Who Shifted the Cycles of Violence
Link to purchase resource ($.99 ebook)
Chapter (in Ways Out of War: Peacemakers in the Middle East and Balkans)
Chapter Authors: Cecilia Albin, Andreas Jarblad Online preview: Link Available in: Ways Out of War: Peacemakers in the Middle East and Balkans, Edited by Mona Fixdal An exploration of the individual work of ten diplomats who were charged with negotiating conclusions to intractable conflicts in the Middle East and Balkans, this book is the first […]
The Virtue of Sustained Dialogue Among Civilizations (in International Journal on World Peace)
Author: Harold Saunders Full Text: Download Link ABSTRACT This article argues that dialogues take place between people rather than civilizations. The proposition that sovereign nation-states should be the primary actors to initiate a dialogue among civilizations has been undermined by globalization. Effective dialogue begins at the personal level, and globalization has made that not only […]
Ch. 7 “Diving In: A Handbook for Improving Race Relations on College Campuses Through the Process of Sustained Dialogue” (in Resolving Community Conflicts and Problems…)
Authors: Teddy Nemeroff, David Tukey Online: https://doi.org/10.7312/columbia/9780231151689.003.0007 Text found in: (Book) Resolving Community Conflicts and Problems: Public Deliberation and Sustained Dialogue Abstract This chapter discusses the stages in conducting a sustained dialogue in a campus. In stage one, Deciding to Engage, students should develop a plan for establishing dialogue groups on their campus and gather […]