Kevin Avruch
Affiliate Professor with School of Public Policy; Professor of Conflict Resolution and Anthropology, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Publications & research
“Peace Zones in the Philippines.” In Zones Of Peace. (L. Hancock and C. Mitchell, eds.) Bloomfield CT: Kumarian Press, pp. 51-69 with R. Jose). 2007a

“Truth and Reconciliation Commissions.” In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. (G. Ritzer, ed.). Malden MA: Blackwell, pp. 5085-7. 2007b

“Toward an Expanded ‘Canon’ of Negotiation Theory: Identity, Ideological, and Values-Based Conflict and the Need for a New Heuristic.” Marquette Law Review 89(3):567-582 (Abridged version reprinted as: “The Poverty of Buyer and Seller.” In The Negotiator’s Fieldbook. (A.K. Schneider and C. Honeyman, eds.). Washington DC: American Bar Association (2006, pp. 81-86.) 2006a

“Of Time and the River:  Notes on the Herrman, Hollett and Gale Model of Mediation.”  In The Blackwell Handbook of Mediation: Bridging Theory, Research,and Practice. (M. Herrman, ed).  Malden MA: Blackwell, pp. 384-394. 2006b

“Culture: Promoter of Peace and Justice or Conflict?” In Human Rights and Conflict.
(J. Mertus and J.W. Helsing, eds.). Washington D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press. 2005a.

“Culture, Apology, and International Negotiation: The Case of the Sino-U.S. ‘Spy Plane’ Crisis.” International Negotiation. 10(2):337-353 (with Z. Wang). 2005b.

“Context and Pretext in Conflict Resolution.” Journal of Dispute Resolution 2003(2):353-365. 2004a.

“Culture as Context, Culture as Communication: Considerations for Humanitarian Negotiators.” Harvard Negotiation Law Review 9:391-407. 2004b.

“Type I and Type II Errors in Culturally Sensitive Conflict Resolution Practice.” Conflict Resolution Quarterly 20(3):351-71. 2003a.

“Conceptualizing Professional Culture and International Negotiations.” In Professional Cultures in International Negotiation: Bridge Or Rift? (Gunnar Sjostedt, ed.). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 201-216. 2003b.

“Culture.” In Human Conflict: From Analysis To Intervention. (S. Cheldelin, D. Druckman, and L. Fast, eds.). London & New York: Continuum, pp. 140-153. 2003c.

“The Context and Geography of Protracted Conflict: What Do I Need To Know About Culture?” In A Handbook of International Peacebuilding: Into the Eye of the Storm. (J.P. Lederach and J.M. Jenner, eds.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 75- 87. 2002a.

“Cross-Cultural Conflict,” in, “Conflict Resolution,” ed. Keith W. Hipel, in the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). Oxford, U.K.: UNESCO, Eolss Publishers. On the web at: http://www.eolss.net. 2002b.

“Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: A Review Essay and Annotated Bibliography.” Social Justice 2(1-2):47-108 (with B. Vejarano). (Republished in The Online Journal Of Peace and Conflict Resolution, Issue 4.2, Spring 2002; at web address: http://www.trinstitute.org/ojpcr/4_2recon.htm). 2001a.

“Constructing Ethnicity: Culture and Ethnic Conflict in the New World Disorder.” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 71(3):281-289. (Reprinted in, Race and Ethnicity: Comparative and Theoretical Approaches, J. Stone and R. Dennis, eds., Oxford: Blackwell, 2003, pp. 72- 82.) 2001b.

“Notes Toward Ethnographies of Conflict and Violence.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 30(5):637-648. 2001c.

“Culture and Negotiation Pedagogy.” Negotiation Journal 16(4):339-346. (Reprinted in Understanding Negotiation, M.L. Nelken, ed., Cincinnati OH: Anderson Publishing Co., 2001, pp. 51-57.) 2000a.

“Reciprocity, Equality and Status-Anxiety in the Amarna Letters.” In Amarna Diplomacy: The Beginnings of International Relations. (R. Cohen and R. Westbrook, eds.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 154-164. 2000b.