Conflicts and Conflict Management in Intentional Communities
Language: English
Published by De Gruyter, DE, 2025
Series: Book 2 of 2 - Emerging Trends in Conflict Management
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- New
Seller: Rarewaves USA, HEBRON, KY, U.S.A.Rarewaves USA
AbeBooks seller since June 10, 2025
Condition: New
£ 107.65
Quantity: Over 20 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Intentional communities combine complex economic organizations with member-run governance. As in any human organization, conflicts arise-whether between members, officials, or external entities. These communities seek to manage disputes locally, often avoiding formal mechanisms like state courts. Many rely on bylaws and committees, adjusting their conflict-resolution strategies over time. Strategic decisions often require broad consensus, pushing members to refine their approaches to agreement. This volume explores how various intentional communities-such as kibbutzim, eco-villages, and cooperative housing-navigate internal and external conflicts. The book contains both theoretical analysis and research articles written specifically for this volume, alongside innovative practical methods developed and tested to resolve conflicts that arise in intentional communities.
Seller Inventory # LU-9783111236773
- Title
- Conflicts and Conflict Management in Intentional Communities
- Author
- Michal Palgi
- Publisher
- De Gruyter, DE
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 3111236773
- ISBN 13
- 9783111236773
- Edition
- 1st.
- Item weight
- 434 grams
- Dimensions
- 16.99 x 1.12 x 24.41 cm
- Series
- Book 2 of 2: Emerging Trends in Conflict Management
Intentional communities combine complex economic organizations with member-run governance. As in any human organization, conflicts arise―whether between members, officials, or external entities. These communities seek to manage disputes locally, often avoiding formal mechanisms like state courts. Many rely on bylaws and committees, adjusting their conflict-resolution strategies over time. Strategic decisions often require broad consensus, pushing members to refine their approaches to agreement.
This volume explores how various intentional communities―such as kibbutzim, eco-villages, and cooperative housing―navigate internal and external conflicts. The book contains both theoretical analysis and research articles written specifically for this volume, alongside innovative practical methods developed and tested to resolve conflicts that arise in intentional communities.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Michal Palgi, a professor of organizational sociology, is a senior researcher and the previous head of the Institute for Research of the Kibbutz and the Cooperative Idea at the University of Haifa. She was the chair and founder of the graduate program in Organizational Development and Consulting at the Emek Yezreel College in Israel and among the founders of the Action Research Center there. Prof. Michal Palgi is a former president of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management (RC10) and was Co-President of the International Work and Labor Network on "Regional and Local Development". She is a member of the International Communal Studies Association (ICSA) and its past president. Prof. Palgi was nominated as an advisor to the Austrian-German research project ODEM (Organizational Democracy – Resources of Organizations for social behavior readiness conducive to Democracy).
Prof. Palgi's main areas of research and activity are organizational democracy, organizational change; gender-based inequality; social justice; kibbutz society and community development. She has published extensively on kibbutz, organizational democracy, community development and gender.
Shlomo Getz is the head of the Institute for Research of the Kibbutz and the Cooperative Idea at the University of Haifa. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a faculty member at the department of sociology and anthropology at the Emek Yezreel College in Israel and a visiting professor at the university of California, Riverside. Dr. Getz's main area of research are institutional changes of the kibbutz, process of decommunization, cooperatives. Another field of research is personal and environmental resources of students in their college choice. He has published in both areas of research.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 10 to 13 business days | 10 to 13 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 0.00 | £ 0.00 |
Payment methods
Seller's business information
Rarewaves USA
10100 West Sample Road, Ste 101
Coral Springs, FL U.S.A. 33065
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Rarewaves USA, Coral Springs, Florida, U.S.A., without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Please note that we do not offer Priority shipping to any country.
We currently do not ship to the below countries:
Afghanistan
Bhutan
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Channel Islands
Chile
Israel
Lao
Mexico
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Yemen
Please do not attempt to place orders with any of these countries as a ship to address - they will be cancelled.