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SPSSI and Peace‐Building: A Participant's Perspective
Author(s) -
Kimmel Paul R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2010.01687.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , perspective (graphical) , equity (law) , sociology , political science , social justice , social equality , public administration , public relations , social science , law , artificial intelligence , computer science
A culture of peace promotes caring relations among individuals and groups based on full realization of their positive interdependence with each other and their environment—it entails social justice, norms of equity and multicultural sensitivity and social relations conducive to nonviolence, sustainable development, and human well‐being. This is a history of Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) 's efforts to build such a culture in the United States, especially within and through organized psychology. The perspective taken is primarily my own as a member of SPSSI Council, an SPSSI Representative to the American Psychological Association ( APA)'s Council of Representatives, SPSSI 's first historian and first Public Policy Fellow at the APA, liaison between Division 9 and Division 48 of the APA, and SPSSI 's Representative to the Southern California Regional Council of Organizations. I argue for the importance of applying public interest science to issues of cultural, structural, and direct violence.