
Working
for Peace
Rachel M. MacNair, Ph.D., Editor,
and Psychologists for Social Responsibility
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"Working
for Peace offers many helpful suggestions for becoming more effective
in your own small acts of change. You can make a difference."
—
Arun Gandhi
Director, M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
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"Virtually
everyone interested in helping to solve problems of violence, terrorism,
war, and genocide will find many useful suggestions in this excellent
book. I highly recommend it."
—
Albert Ellis, Ph.D.
Psychologist
and Founder, Albert Ellis Institute
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"Working for Peace is filled
with practical steps that every person can take to become a doctor to
the planet. Our global survival is dependent on it.” —
Helen Caldicott, M.D.
President and Founder, Nuclear Policy Research Institute
International Peacemaker |

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"...
very easy to read and easy to
use as a contemplative toolcan
facilitate the discovery process
in our spiritual journeys, which, in turn, will have a healthful
impact on the whole of our
lives."
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PsycCRITIQUES - APA, Review of
Books
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"The
social movement for peace with justice is being reborn... Newcomers to
peace work,
whatever their prospective role, need resources and help to get
oriented and launched. They are well served by this Handbook, produced
by an able set of experienced peace activists in psychology. Old hands
will appreciate how the book reflects thoughtful understanding of the
complex components of effective action for peace."
—
M. Brewster Smith, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Cruz
Past President, Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Past President, American Psychological Association |

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“This
book's
message
-- that all individual actions, while small, can contribute to social
change -- is one of encouragement. A particularly timely purchase ...”
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Library Journal Review
July 2006 |

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"...a
timely addition to the ever-growing literature on Peace Studies,
especially psychological aspects thereof... a
creatively crafted book to impact constructively on the challenging,
humanizing mission of English-language-using peace workers."
—
Francisco Gomes de Matos,
Universidade
Federal de Pernambuco
and Associação
Brasil América /
Recife,
Brazil
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"...
very easy to read and easy to
use as a contemplative toolcan
facilitate the discovery process
in our spiritual journeys, which, in turn, will have a healthful
impact on the whole of our
lives."
—
PsycCRITIQUES - APA, Review of
Books
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