{"product_id":"the-move-crisis-in-philadelphia-extremist-groups-and-conflict-resolution-paperback","title":"The MOVE Crisis In Philadelphia: Extremist Groups and Conflict Resolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHizkias Assefa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Wahrhaftig\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1985, police bombed the Philadelphia community occupied by members of the black counterculture group MOVE (short for \"The Movement\"). What began fifteen years earlier as a neighborhood squabble provoked by conflicting lifestyles ended in the destruction of sixty-one homes and the death of eleven residents - five of them children. Some 250 people were left homeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas this tragedy the only solution to the conflict? Were John Africa and his morally and ecologically idealistic followers \"too crazy\" to negotiate with? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors interviewed MOVE members and their neighbors, third-party intervenors, and representatives of the Philadelpia administration in the 1970s, and draw on their own knowledge of the field of dispute resolution. More than simply describing a terrible event, they examine the dynamics of conflict, analyzing attempts at third-party mediation and the possibility of resolution without violence. Their analytical approach provides insight into other major conflicts, such as the problems of perception and misperception in U.S. - Iranian relations.\u003cp\u003eIn an age when terrorism and hostage-taking are regular features on the six o'clock news, their questioning of traditional views on negotiation with \"irrational\" adversaries is especially important.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.32 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782299156768,"sku":"9780822954309","price":53.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f42fd285af2618e9bb5c308e765f068d.webp?v=1780567450","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-move-crisis-in-philadelphia-extremist-groups-and-conflict-resolution-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}