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" Building a Culture of Peace: "
Cromwell, Alexander
Hirsch, Susan F.
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1104723
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TLpq2247117875
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Cromwell, Alexander
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Hirsch, Susan F.
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| Title & Author
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Building a Culture of Peace:\ Cromwell, AlexanderHirsch, Susan F.
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George Mason University
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2019
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2019
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Ph.D.
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427
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| Abstract
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This dissertation examines four peace education programs involving Pakistani youth to explore the long-term impact of encounter-based programs on youth in conflict settings. Programs assessed included the Benjamin Franklin Summer Institute with South and Central Asia, the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program, the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program, and Study of the United States Institutes. All four programs brought high school or undergraduate students from across Pakistan to the United States for one to ten months. Through interpretivist research involving interviews, focus groups, and participant observation of alumni and staff based in Pakistan, the study explored how three theories of change—shifts in consciousness, culture of peace, and building bridges—accounted for participants' long-term transformations. It also measured participants' contributions at the community, or "meso", level, showing how individual transformations impact a broader culture of peace. The dissertation builds on previous research to argue that the approaches peace education programs take affect both the longevity of participants' transformations and the impact these programs have beyond initial program alumni. The programs' focus on alumni action, with their emphasis on shifts in consciousness in addition to building bridges, participants planning follow-on projects in their communities, and supporting alumni upon their return, led to these effects. The finding that participants modeled their projects after the program processes that facilitated their own transformations further supports this conclusion. However, alumni were unable to articulate how their community action linked to a broader culture of peace, illustrating that programs needed to provide participants with tools for understanding how interventions on multiple tracks can lead to societal peace.
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Developmental psychology
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International relations
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Peace studies
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Pedagogy
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South Asian studies
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