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Justice, conflict and wellbeing are large topics that occupy researchers from a variety of disciplines, as well as laypeople and policy makers. The three concepts are closely connected: conflict often (though not always) impairs wellbeing, whereas justice often (though not always) enhances it; perceived injustice is a common source of conflict, at multiple levels and calls for justice are a common response to conflict. In addition, each construct has subtypes, such as distributive and procedural justice, individual and group conflict and physical and psychological wellbeing. Although there are established traditions of research on the topics in multiple disciplines, there is little cross-fertilization across disciplines. This volume brings together researchers from social, clinical and educational psychology; law and political science. The unifying theme is how injustice and conflict pose threats to wellbeing, at the micro (individual) and macro (groups and societies) levels. Multi- and interdisciplinary research are at the vanguard of science in the twenty-first century and the present work applies multi and interdisciplinary perspectives to the important real-world topics of justice, conflict and wellbeing.

Feature:

Multi and interdisciplinary approach
Contains original research, reviews of relevant empirical research, and theory
Covers a variety of levels (individual, group, society) and research methods (qualitative and quantitative)

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As related concepts, justice, conflict and wellbeing have a profound impact on individuals, groups, nations, and each other. Separately and in combination, they are the subjects of scientific attention, public concern, and formal policy.  

Justice, Conflict and Wellbeing closely examines the many intersections of the three, combining perspectives across branches of psychology, law, and political science for a book whose scope is at once personal, local, and global. Unifying these chapters is the latest research on the psychological and physical toll resulting from forms of conflict such as inequality, objectification, and war, and possibilities for corrective measures through the legal system, arbitration, and policy. As a unit, the book models the effectiveness of interdisciplinary research in arriving at novel answers to longstanding problems. Noted contributors offer nuanced analysis of a broad range of contemporary real-world issues, including: 

• The fairness of distributing resources equally.
• Hostile work environments.
• Mental illness, dangerousness, and police power interventions in pursuit of justice.
• The complexity of accountability for mass atrocity.
• Everyday opportunities for children to manage conflict.
• The public and ethical costs of alternative dispute resolution.

A volume poised to help shape future policy on multiple fronts, Justice, Conflict and Wellbeing is a path-breaking guidebook that researchers and instructors in social science and law, as well as policymakers, can learn from, expand upon, and put into practice.

Contents:

Part I: Distributive justice: All else being equal: Overcoming the egalitarian norm.- Cutting your cake and having it too: Or, is equality a distributive justice principle?.- Part II: Objectification and discrimination.- A psycholegal model of hostile environments: The role of dehumanization.- Exploring the dark matter of objectification.- Part III: Justice and conflict involving people with mental illness.- Therapeutic jurisprudence and recovery from severe and disabling mental illness.- Mental illness, dangerousness, and police power interventions in pursuit of justice and well-being.- That's What Friends Are For: Mentors, LAP Lawyers, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, and Clients with Mental Illness.- Part IV: Political conflict, policy solutions, and citizens' wellbeing.- After violent conflict: Justice, wellbeing, and international criminal courts.- Complexity of accountability for mass atrocity.- Part V: Justice outside of court: Alternative dispute resolution.- Advancements in arbitral immunity and judicial review of arbitral awards create ethical loopholes in arbitration.- Retired to greener pastures: The public costs of private judging.- Part VI: Bringing wellbeing to children in conflict: Recess in primary school: The disjuncture between educational policy and scientific research.- Playground conflict: Everyday opportunities for children to manage conflict.