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  The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice

  Peter T. Coleman, Morton Deutsch, and Eric C. Marcus

  "This handbook is a classic. It helps connect the research of academia to the practical realities of peacemaking and peacebuilding like no other. It is both comprehensive and deeply informed on topics vital to the field like power, gender, cooperation, emotion, and trust. It now sits prominently on my bookshelf." —Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

  "a standard manual for dealing with labor, commercial, international and marital disputes." --Roberts, Sam. "Morton Deutsch, Conflict Resolution Expert, Dies at 97." The New York Times, March 23, 2017, p. B15. Online version here.

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  Evaluation Ethics for Best Practice: Cases and Commentaries

  Michael Morris

  Focusing on ethical challenges in program evaluation, this innovative book features six case-study scenarios that end at a point where the evaluator faces a significant decision about how to proceed. For each case, two distinguished evaluators offer insights on the best course of action to choose, and why. "What If?" boxes modify the details of the scenarios, inviting readers to reflect on whether these changes alter the ethical implications of the case. Six additional cases are presented with questions that guide readers to develop their own ethical analyses. The book is organized to follow the progress of an evaluation, from the entry/contracting phase through the utilization of results.

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  Myths About the Powerless: Contesting Social Inequalities

  Brinton M. Lykes, Ali Banuazizi, Ramsay Liem, and Michael Morris

  This collection examines the realities of social inequality, providing critical analyses of contemporary issues at the center of national debate homelessness, the underclass, poverty, welfare, unemployment, health and mental health care, and gender and intercultural relations. A scholar and life-long activist, William Ryan's notions of 'blaming the victim' and 'fair shares vs. fair play' provide potent jumping-off points for the contributors' insights into the struggle for equality and social justice in the 1990s. Their call to unmask the underlying assumptions that sustain inequality offers a compelling challenge to the neoconservative strategy that dominates public debate and legislative agendas.

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  Poverty and Public Policy: An Analysis of Federal Intervention Efforts

  Michael Morris and John B. Williamson

  The book compares two types of poverty-reduction programs: direct aid and programs that promote self-sufficiency.