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Equalizers: Additional Resources
These references supplement the Knowledge Base Essay, Equalizers.
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Additional Explanations of the Underlying Concepts:
Online (Web) Sources
CRInfo Third Side Gateway. Available at: http://www.beyondintractability.org/userguides/thirdside/home. The Third side Gateway into CRInfo is a portal into CRInfo's holdings that relate best to the Third side concept and its ten roles. This gateway also has an extensive listing of resources related to the concept in general and the specific third side roles.
Offline (Print) Sources
Sharp, Gene. Dynamics of Nonviolent Action: Politics of Nonviolent Action, Part 3. Boston: Porter Sargent Pub., November 1985. The Dynamics of Nonviolent Action explores the nature and processes of nonviolent action. Primary Link [Backup Link] Sharp, Gene. Methods of Nonviolent Action: Politics of Nonviolent Action, Part 2. Boston: Porter Sargent Pub., January 1, 1973. The Methods of Nonviolent Action describes nearly two-hundred specific methods of nonviolent action. Primary Link Sharp, Gene. Power and Struggle: Politics of Nonviolent Action, Part I. Boston: Porter Sargent Pub., May 1974. Part One of the Poltics of Nonviolent Action, Power and Struggle, explores the nature of power and the possibility of controlling or challenging power through nonviolent means. Primary Link Ackerman, P. and C. Kruegler. Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1999. King, Jr. Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. New York: Harper and Row, 1958. This book presents Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s full account of the nonviolent resistance demonstrated during the Montgomery bus strike. Laue, J. and G. Cormick. "The Ethics of Intervention in Community Disputes." In The Ethics of Social Intervention. Edited by Bermant, Gordon, ed. Washington, D.C.: Halsted Press, 1958. Volkan, Vamik D. The Need to Have Enemies and Allies: From Clinical Practice to International Relationships.. New York: Jason Aronson, November 1, 1995. Ury, William L. The Third Side: Why We Fight and How We Can Stop. New York: Penguin Books, September 2000. In this book, William Ury explains that it takes two sides to fight and a third to stop it. Based on years of experience as a conflict resolution practitioner, Ury describes ten practical roles that people can play to prevent destructive conflict. He argues that fighting is not inevitable human behavior and that we can transform battles into constructive conflict and cooperation by turning to what he calls, "the third side".
Examples Illustrating this Topic:
Online (Web) Sources
Agape Foundation: Fund for Nonviolent Social Change. Available at: http://www.agapefn.org/ [Backup Link] "The Agape Foundation Fund for Nonviolent Social Change is a non-profit public foundation founded in 1969 out of opposition to the war in Southeast Asia. Pacifists, World War II conscientious objectors and anti-Vietnam War activists founded it in order to build a movement that seriously challenged the Pentagon and the American culture of violence. The Foundation's purpose is to fund nonviolent social change organizations committed to peace and justice issues. Unlike social services that aid and assist individuals, social change efforts confront the root causes of social problems by challenging the responsible systems and institutions." - Website Albert Einstein Institution. Available at: http://www.aeinstein.org [Backup Link] The mission of the Albert Einstein Institution is to advance the worldwide study and strategic use of nonviolent action in conflict. The Institution is committed to defending democratic freedoms and institutions, opposing oppression, dictatorship, and genocide, and reducing reliance on violence as an instrument of policy. Group of 77. Available at: http://www.g77.org/ [Backup Link] "As the largest Third World coalition in the United Nations, the Group of 77 provides the means for the developing world to articulate and promote its collective economic interests and enhance its joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues in the United Nations system, and promote economic and technical cooperation among developing countries (ECDC/TCDC)." - Website M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. Available at: http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/ [Backup Link] The Mission of the Gandhi Institute is to promote and apply the principles of nonviolence locally, nationally, and globally, to prevent violence and resolve personal and public conflicts through research, education, and programming. National Democratic Institute (NDI) for International Affairs. Available at: http://www.ndi.org/ [Backup Link] The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen and expand democracy worldwide. Calling on a global network of volunteer experts, NDI provides practical assistance to civic and political leaders advancing democratic values, practices and institutions. One World. Available at: http://us.oneworld.net/ [Backup Link] This organization's website is filled with international news concerning human rights and other global issues. You can find news by country and it can also be translated into other languages. The King Center. Available at: http://www.thekingcenter.org/ [Backup Link] "Established in 1968 by Mrs. Coretta Scott King, the King Center is the living memorial and institutional guardian of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy. As such, the King Center's programming focuses on the following areas: developing and disseminating programs that educate the world about Dr. King's philosophy and methods of nonviolence, human relations, service to mankind, and related teachings; building a national and international network of organizations that, through sanctioned programs, promote, compliment, and help further the organization's mission and objectives of building the Beloved Community that Dr. King envisioned; functioning as the clearinghouse for non-profit organizations and government agencies which utilize Dr. King's image and writings for programs and ensuring that the programs are historically and interpretively accurate and consistent with building the Beloved Community that Dr. King envisioned; monitoring and reporting on the impact of Dr. King's legacy on the world The King Center collaborates with other organizations, public and private, in carrying out its mission." - website The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Available at: http://www.eeoc.gov [Backup Link] This organization seeks to ensure that businesses are following proper highering policies, giving equal opportunities to minorities.
Offline (Print) Sources
Gandhi, Mohandas K. Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth. Beacon Press, November 1, 1993. "Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography he recounts the story of his life and how he developed his concept of active nonviolent resistance, which propelled the Indian struggle for independence and countless other nonviolent struggles of the twentieth century." |
