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Providers: Additional Resources
These references supplement the Knowledge Base Essay, Providers.
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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
Burton, John W., ed. Conflict: Human Needs Theory. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Dollard, J., L.W Doob and N.E Miller. Frustration and Aggression. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1939. Maslow, A. Motivation and Personality (Third Edition). New York: Harper and Row, 1987. 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". Gurr, Ted R. Why Men Rebel. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1970.
Examples Illustrating this Topic:
Online (Web) Sources
Grameen Bank. Available at: http://www.grameen-info.org/ [Backup Link] "Grameen Bank (GB) has reversed conventional banking practice by removing the need for collateral and created a banking system based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. GB provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any collateral. At GB, credit is a cost effective weapon to fight poverty and it serves as a catalyst in the over all development of socio-economic conditions of the poor who have been kept outside the banking orbit on the ground that they are poor and hence not bankable. Professor Muhammad Yunus, the founder of 'Grameen Bank' and its Managing Director, reasoned that if financial resources can be made available to the poor people on terms and conditions that are appropriate and reasonable, 'these millions of small people with their millions of small pursuits can add up to create the biggest development wonder.'" Mauritius Page. University of Pennsylvania - African Studies. Available at: http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country-Specific/Mauritius.html [Backup Link] This page includes links to general information about Mauritius. Project Hope. Available at: http://www.projhope.org/ [Backup Link] "The name Health Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE) is reflected in its mission: To achieve sustainable advances in health care around the world by implementing health education programs and providing humanitarian assistance in areas of need. Identifiable to many by the S.S. HOPE, the world's first peacetime hospital ship, Project HOPE now conducts land-based medical training and health care education programs on five continents, including North America. " - Organization Mission The Giraffe Project. Available at: http://www.giraffe.org/ [Backup Link] The Giraffe Project is a story-based curriculum that teaches courageous compassion and active citizenship. It also provides an engaging and effective structure for service-learning, and for meeting community service requirements. The Self Family Foundation. Available at: http://www.selffoundation.org [Backup Link] This organization is dedicated to helping to improve the quality of life for citizens of Greenwood and South Carolina.
Offline (Print) Sources
Bornstein, D. The Price of a Dream: The Story of The Grameen Bank. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. |
