ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on how the structural, attitudinal, and transactional (SAT) model should be implemented in order to account for the demands of working within a particular social context. A key feature of the SAT model is the pursuit of transactional change as a catalyst to structural and attitudinal change by using projects that follow an iterative cycle of planning, acting, and learning (PAL). The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) represents a movement to integrate local civil society organizations working for peace and justice into governmental peace and development efforts. Using the SAT model within the context of a particular social system, be it the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, or Cambodia, means departing from many established practices in the peacebuilding world. In order to cope with the complexity of a social system, the SAT model requires the use of a PAL project cycle, horizontal and vertical integration, and networks of effective action.
