Teaching Model on Nonviolence. Teaching nonviolence: Nonviolence is negotiation. Some say the field of conflict resolution depends upon negotiation. True. Then they teach that civil resistance is what civil society does when unjust rulers refuse to negotiate. True. They teach that therefore teaching from a conflict resolution perspective is mutually exclusive from teaching from the civil resistance perspective. False. Here is an excerpt from what Dr. "You may well ask: 'Why direct action? In our Conflict Resolution studies we learn from the Harvard Negotiation Project about the best alternative to a negotiated agreement, the BATNA.
Principled negotiation consists of four basic principles: ~Separate the people from the problem~Focus on interests, not positions~Invent options for mutual gain~Insist on using objective criteria Principled negotiation, which is one core method we teach in Conflict Resolution, is precisely what a good civil society campaigner incorporates into any civil resistance strategy. Nonviolence : An Introduction. "People try nonviolence for a week, and when it 'doesn't work' they go back to violence, which hasn't worked for centuries. " -Theodore Roszak In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people around the world who have taken part in nonviolent political action. It is clear, however, that there is considerable debate about the precise meaning of nonviolence. For some, nonviolent action is an expedient technique for dealing with conflict or bringing about social change; for others, nonviolence is a moral imperative or even a way of life.
Back to top At first glance, violence may appear to be a superior technique for resolving conflicts or achieving desired ends because it has obvious and tangible strategies and weapons. Nonviolent techniques are often more difficult to visualise and there is no shortage of moral and practical dilemmas that sceptics are able to raise as impediments to taking nonviolence seriously.
(Sharp, 1973, p. 64) (Sharp, 1971, pp. 29-54) Class of Nonviolence - Introduction. The power of nonviolence - Richard Bartlett Gregg. Www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/TrilogyOfNon-ViolentMovements.pdf. 28 Ways to Teach Nonviolence.