Relacionamentos e a promoção da paz mundial: a visão de participantes de um movimento para a paz
| Ano de defesa: | 2011 |
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| Tipo de documento: | Tese |
| Tipo de acesso: | Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: | por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
BR Doutorado em Psicologia UFES Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia |
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Não Informado pela instituição
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Não Informado pela instituição
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Não Informado pela instituição
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| Link de acesso: | http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/3145 |
Resumo: | The relevance of relationships in the quality of life, whether in family, organizational or international context, has been discussed in some studies. Despite the undeniable importance of these links, the literature, as well as everyday life, demonstrates a trend to associate the term relationship principally to its conflictual dimension. In the opposite direction, this study deals with the issue of relationships and conflicts resorting to the peace promotion approach, based on studies of Interpersonal Relationship and Peace Psychology.The peace concept adopted encompasses both its negative aspect, the absence of violence, and its positive aspect, the promotion of social arrangements that reduce social and economic injustice, gender and race inequalities and ecological problems as barriers to peace. This study aims to investigate the role of different levels of relationships (interpersonal, intergroup and international) to promote world peace in accordance with the vision of participants of Servas International, a peace organization. The theoretical frameworks are convergent perspectives as they depart from similar points of view in relation to human social behavior with the proposal of different levels of complexity and their dialectical relations, whether regarding peace promotion or interpersonal relationships. Its approach is qualitative and the participants are 10 Servas leaders from different countries, centered on providing and analyzing a number of personal contacts each participant has made through Servas and the participants´ perspective on how relationships (personal, intergroup and international) affect world peace. Founded in 1949 as a peace movement, Servas is an international, non-governmental, multicultural peace association run by volunteers in over 100 countries. It is registered in Switzerland as a Non Governmental Organization and has a seat in the UN. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, which lasted about an hour each. They were analyzed by content analysis and organized in accordance with three levels of relationships (personal, intergroup and international) beyond the participants view in relationships and peace. Data were presented in categories, such as participant biographical note, interactions and relationships between hosts and guests, and various questions on relationships and peace. Results indicated the importance of interpersonal relationships in world peace, as everything starts with contact between two people who can expand to the group and to nations. However, this contact must be qualified, in the sense that people should have interest and motivation to travel, to change location and to interact with people of different races, religions, cultures, and countries so that they may overcome prejudices and break stereotypes. Servas can make changes, and make possible changes of outlook in people with a family history of wide perception and interaction with differences. Furthermore, this study emphasized the importance of intrapersonal aspect (predisposition for tolerance) and added the role of corporations to promote peace in this globalized world. |