Peace and Power: New Directions for Building Community

Based on her experiences in classrooms, committees, and workshops, author and nurse educator Peggy Chinn illustrates how every participant in a group can be valued as a leader in Peace and Power: New Directions for Building Community, Eighth Edition. This text is the essential hands-on guide for developing cooperative group processes and overcoming the habits of exclusionary group interactions. A perfect resource for faculty, community groups, committees, and others seeking to promote greater integrity and cooperation in their groups and organizations! This text: Proposes how to create group interactions using a more equitable model and advocates reasons for doing so; Shows how to build meaningful relationships through a nurturing and empowering leadership method; Illustrates how every person can be powerful and contribute to a group in ways that are often overlooked when the group depends on one engaging leader; and Inspires ways of incorporating peaceful value into work, home, and community. Features and Benefits: Compares familiar traditional values of hierarchical institutions and groups and explains modern values for community building; Provides an introduction to each chapter that highlights the values upon which the chapter builds; and Highlights key elements of group interaction that promote greater group integrity and cooperation.Additional ISBNs: 9781449645557, 1449645550, 9781284045277, 1284045277