Psychosocial Approaches to Peace-Building in Colombia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sacipa-Rodriguez, Stella (Editor), Montero, Maritza (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Peace Psychology Book Series, 25
• Subjects: Psychology.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

This  edited volume summarizes and expands upon the important work of a research group, Social Bonds and Cultures of Peace, that accompanies and supports victims of socio-political violence in Columbia.  Grounding the volume is an introductory overview of Colombian political violence in the recent p...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Background
• Introduction: The Beginnings
• Historical Data about the Colombian Strife
• Part II: Peace-Building in Colombia
• Peace Cultures and Cultural Practices in Colombia
• Reflections on Psychological Damage of People Exposed to War Situations in Colombia
• To feel and to resignify forced displacement in Colombia
• Personal Resources and Empowerment in a Psychosocial Accompaniment Process
• Memory, narrative and social transformation of reality
• Discourse as strategy for the construction of peace cultures
• Genderization and links with illegal armed groups in Colombia
• Eight cultures of peace indicators applied to Colombian Conflict during 2002-2006.