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Review Essay: Beyond Bullets, Bombs, and Grassroots

Kuriansky, Judy (Ed.), Beyond Bullets and Bombs: Grassroots Peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2007. 382 pp. ISBN 0—275—99880—0 (hbk)

Clark University, USA, gtwose{at}clarku.edu

This article addresses several of the most relevant ideas, implicit and explicit, in Judy Kuriansky's collection Beyond Bullets and Bombs. Identity development is highlighted as a key component of peacebuilding attempts; more detail is given on the psychosocial portion, which is elaborated as a dialectic between one's perception of others, one's view of how one is perceived by others, and the relationship between the two. A maturity development model, a dialogical interaction model, and the importance of power dynamics are also explored. The limitations of focusing only on the grassroots level in order to create a culture of peace are discussed, and other areas of investigation, such as tiers of leadership and structural-institutional conditions, are proposed.

Key Words: conflict resolution • grassroots • Israel • Palestine • peacebuilding • reconciliation

Culture & Psychology, Vol. 15, No. 1, 134-144 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X08096515


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