Intergroup Dialogue: Deliberative Democracy in School College Community and Workplace

About this book

Intergroup dialogue represents a grassroots effort to meet one of the major challenges facing our democracy today: the lack of communication among diverse groups of people in schools in communities and in the workplace. By forging lines of communication among different elements of society intergroup dialogue helps to create a more just harmonious and strong democracy. Intergroup Dialogue is the most comprehensive study of intergroup dialogue to date showcasing twelve in-depth case studies offering critical perspectives and exploring the foundation of such dialogue in democratic theory. The case studies are drawn from leading American organizations offering intergroup dialogue including the Anti-Defamation League and the National Conference for Community and Justice as well as several major universities and consultants to corporate America. Each case study presents a particular programs rationale its details an account of its successes and evaluation data. The pieces collected by David Schoem and Sylvia Hurtado will be of interest to community leaders teachers human resources managers student affairs deans and intergroup dialogue practitioners in the United States and abroad; particularly as the 2024 presidential election draws near.