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Role of Power Asymmetry Sensitivity in Jewish–Arab Partnerships
Author(s) -
Desivilya Syna Helena,
Rottman Amit
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
conflict resolution quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1541-1508
pISSN - 1536-5581
DOI - 10.1002/crq.21058
Subject(s) - general partnership , context (archaeology) , power (physics) , judaism , political science , asymmetry , process (computing) , public relations , sociology , law , geography , computer science , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , operating system
This article focuses on Jewish–Arab interorganizational partnership in Israel, examining how to effectively engage the differences resulting from the heterogeneity in the context of protracted national conflict. We argue and demonstrate through a case study that developing intergroup partnerships in a context of protracted national conflicts warrants consideration of the differential needs of the minority versus majority group members, namely, fostering power asymmetry sensitivity (PAS). Such sensitivity is important in terms of structural as well as process aspects of the partnership. A model of practice, designed to implement PAS, is presented and critically discussed.