Morton Deutsch is one of the world's most honored socialpsychologists. He is internationallyknown for his pioneering theoretical and research contributions relating tocooperation, conflict resolution, prejudice, social justice, and peace. He is considered to be a founder of thefields of conflict resolution studies and of cooperative learning. His work has not only has an impact in thesocial sciences, it has also been widely applied in education,industry, and in the resolution of conflict in many different settings frommarriage to international relations. Conflict, Interdependence, and Justice:The Intellectual Legacy of Morton Deutsch collects six of Deutsch's mostinfluential papers, which together analyze essential issues in social relationsand identify conditions necessary for addressing them constructively. Complementarychapters by top contemporary scholars in the conflict resolution/socialjustice/social interdependence field imbue these works with particularrelevance for today. In addition, Deutsch's introduction reflects on thewartime milieu and social reform era that set him on the path toward hispenetrating insights, and his concluding essay reveals implications of his worknot only for training, mentoring, and research, but also for promoting a largerculture of sustainable peace and justice. Included are the major essays: * "Cooperation and Competition." * "Justice and Conflict." * "Awakening the Sense of Injustice." * "A Framework for Thinking about Oppression and Its Change." * "Interdependence and Psychological Orientation." * "Constructive Conflict Management for the World Today." Conflict,Interdependence, and Justice: The Intellectual Legacy of Morton Deutschis potent and timely reading for current-and future-researchers in peace studies,social and organizational psychology, political science, conflict resolutionandeducation.
