Social interaction is the engine which drives an individual's psychological development and it can create changes on all levels of society. Social Relations in Human and Societal Development includes essays by internationally renowned academics from a range of disciplines including social psychology, international relations and child development.

Charis Psaltis, University of Cyprus, CyprusAlex Gillespie, London School of Economics, LSEAnne-Nelly-Perret-Clermont, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandWolfgang Edelstein, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany Monika Keller, Max Planck Institute of Human Development, GermanyCostas Constantinou, University of Cyprus, CyprusTania Zittoun, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandAyse Uskul, University of Kent, UKDeborah Downing Wilson, University of Nevada, USAMichael Cole, University of California, USAStefano Passini, University of Bologna, Italy

Editors' Preface Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: The Role of Social Relations in Human and Societal Development; Charis Psaltis, Alex Gillespie and Anne-Nelly-Perret-Clermont PART I: SOCIAL RELATIONS IN COGNITIVE AND SOCIO-MORAL DEVELOPMENT: PIAGET AND BEYOND IN EDUCATION 2. Education for Democracy: Cooperation, Participation, and Civic Engagement in the Classroom; Wolfgang Edelstein 3. The Development of Intersubjectivity: Cognitive and Affective Aspects in Socio-Moral Reasoning; Monika Keller 4. The Architecture of Social Relationships and Thinking Spaces for Growth; Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont 5. Genetic Social Psychology: From Microgenesis to Ontogenesis, Sociogenesis...and back; Charis Psaltis PART II: SOCIAL RELATIONS AND CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION: INTERGROUP CONTACT AND REFLECTION 6. Non-transformative Social Interaction; Alex Gillespie 7. Conflict Transformation and Homo-diplomacy; Costas Constantinou 8. Social Relations and the Use of Symbolic Resources in Learning and Development; Tania Zittoun PART III: SOCIAL RELATIONS IN ECONOMIC CULTURES AND FINANCIAL CRISIS: SOCIAL, CROSS-CULTURAL, AND CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 9. The Role of Economic Culture in Social Relationships and Interdependence; Ayse Uskul 10. Social Simulations as a Tool for Understanding Individual, Cultural, and Societal Change; Deborah Downing Wilson and Michael Cole 11. Social Relations, the Financial Crisis and Human Development; Stefano Passini 12. The Importance of Social Relations for Human and Societal development; Charis Psaltis, Alex Gillespie and Anne-Nelly-Perret-Clermont