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In this volume, scholars from different disciplines join together
to examine the overlapping domains of conflict and collaboration
studies. It examines the relationships between ideas and practices
in the fields of conflict resolution and collaboration from
multiple disciplinary perspectives. The central theme is that
conflict and collaboration can be good, bad, or even benign,
depending on a number of factors. These include the role of power,
design of the process itself, skill level and intent of the actors,
social contexts, and world views. The book demonstrates that
various blends of conflict and collaboration can be more or less
constructively effective. It discusses specific cases, analytical
methods, and interventions, and emphasizes both developing
propositions and reflecting on specific cases and contexts. The
book concludes with specific policy recommendations for many sets
of actors-those in peacebuilding, social movements, governments,
and communities-plus students of conflict studies. This book will
be of much interest to students, scholars, and practitioners of
peace and conflict studies, public administration, sociology, and
political science.
In this volume, scholars from different disciplines join together
to examine the overlapping domains of conflict and collaboration
studies. It examines the relationships between ideas and practices
in the fields of conflict resolution and collaboration from
multiple disciplinary perspectives. The central theme is that
conflict and collaboration can be good, bad, or even benign,
depending on a number of factors. These include the role of power,
design of the process itself, skill level and intent of the actors,
social contexts, and world views. The book demonstrates that
various blends of conflict and collaboration can be more or less
constructively effective. It discusses specific cases, analytical
methods, and interventions, and emphasizes both developing
propositions and reflecting on specific cases and contexts. The
book concludes with specific policy recommendations for many sets
of actors-those in peacebuilding, social movements, governments,
and communities-plus students of conflict studies. This book will
be of much interest to students, scholars, and practitioners of
peace and conflict studies, public administration, sociology, and
political science.
The research papers in this volume were initially presented at a
conference, entitled 'Cutting Edge Theories and Recent Developments
in Conflict Resolution', which celebrated the 20th anniversary of
the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflict (PARC).
Presenters were encouraged to submit their papers for
consideration, and following a rigorous peer review and revision
process, nine articles were accepted. The volume explores some of
the major themes of conflict analysis, including how powerful
dominant discourses can both soothe and exacerbate conflict, the
role of civic organizations in promoting peace and incubating
democratic principles, the ways in which different forms of
dialogue are used to heal historically dysfunctional inter-group
relations, and the importance of a deeply institutional, structural
understanding of ethnocentrism and racism.The authors conducted
their research in several different countries - the U.S., Canada,
Bosnia, and Northern Ireland - and used a wide range of analytical
techniques including in-depth interviews, surveys, and document
analysis. What holds them together is the rigorous tie they make
between theory and empirical data. Some authors have built conflict
theory inductively, based on their own research and/or secondary
sources (e.g. Keles, Coy, et al, and Funk-Unrau), while others have
tested existing models with empirical data (e.g. Hemmer,
Getha-Taylor, and Pincock). These articles collectively make a
solid contribution to theoretical development in the conflict
analysis field.
Despite considerable progress in research and practice in the
constructive transformation of intractable conflicts beginning in
the 1970s, many terribly destructive conflicts have recently
erupted. New circumstances have emerged that have resulted in
regressions. The contributions in this book examine many of the new
challenges and obstacles to the transformation of intractable
conflicts. It also offers an array of new and promising
opportunities for constructive transformations. The book brings
together analyses of U.S.-based conflicts with those from many
regions of the world. International, intra-state, and local
conflicts are explored, along with those that have been violent and
non-violent. The diversity in disciplines among the authors
provides a wide range of theoretical approaches to explaining how a
variety of intractable conflicts can be transformed. Case studies
of local, national, and transnational conflicts serve to illustrate
this new landscape. These analyses are complemented by conceptual
discussions relating to new conflict systems, actors, dynamics and
strategies. Policy implications of findings are also presented.
Despite considerable progress in research and practice in the
constructive transformation of intractable conflicts beginning in
the 1970s, many terribly destructive conflicts have recently
erupted. New circumstances have emerged that have resulted in
regressions. The contributions in this book examine many of the new
challenges and obstacles to the transformation of intractable
conflicts. It also offers an array of new and promising
opportunities for constructive transformations. The book brings
together analyses of U.S.-based conflicts with those from many
regions of the world. International, intra-state, and local
conflicts are explored, along with those that have been violent and
non-violent. The diversity in disciplines among the authors
provides a wide range of theoretical approaches to explaining how a
variety of intractable conflicts can be transformed. Case studies
of local, national, and transnational conflicts serve to illustrate
this new landscape. These analyses are complemented by conceptual
discussions relating to new conflict systems, actors, dynamics and
strategies. Policy implications of findings are also presented.
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