Role of Power Asymmetry Sensitivity in Jewish – Arab Partnerships
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Volume 30, Issue 2, pages 219–241, Winter 2012
Posted: 8 Apr 2013
Date Written: January 14, 2013
Abstract
This article focuses on Jewish–Arab interorganizational partnership in Israel, examining how to effectively engage the differences resulting from the heterogeneity in the context of protracted national conflict. We argue and demonstrate through a case study that developing intergroup partnerships in a context of protracted national conflicts warrants consideration of the differential needs of the minority versus majority group members, namely, fostering power asymmetry sensitivity (PAS). Such sensitivity is important in terms of structural as well as process aspects of the partnership. A model of practice, designed to implement PAS, is presented and critically discussed.
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