Creativity and Conflict Resolution Alternative Pathways to Peace

'This book is a bold attempt to start mapping out how to transform the destructive potential of social conflict into something more constructive, both imaginatively and practically. I would encourage anyone seeking creative solutions to intractable conflicts to read this path-breaking work by Dr Arai.'

Kevin P. Clements, Director of the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland.

'Tatsushi Arai conceptualizes the creative process of conflict resolution that is required when conventional, instiutionalized mechanisms for handling conflict fail. He persuasively demonstrates how conflict parties and intermediaries can generate creative -- nonconventional, yet workable -- solutions with a comparative analysis of diverse cases of conflict resolution.'

Herbert Kelman, Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus, Harvard University.

'The power of creativity is a mystery. This book helps the reader to systematically unlock this mystery and assist scholars and practitioners of peace and conflict resolution in envisioning how to become more creative in resolving conflicts. '

Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution, American University.