Conflict Resolution: Theory, Research, Practice

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Overview

Reviews classic and contemporary theories of conflict, focusing on five main ways people try to resolve their conflicts--coercion, negotiation, adjudication, mediation, and arbitration.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780791431023
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publication date: 1/28/1996
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Pages: 260
  • Sales rank: 672,248
  • Product dimensions: 8.90 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface

I. Introduction

Prologue: Out of the Garden

1. The Field of Conflict Studies

Past and Present

Basic Concepts

Distinctions Within Conflict Studies

Conflict Theory (and Theories)

Practice

The Plan of This Book

Summary and Conclusions

2. Conflict Resolution Research

Main Methodologies

Further Studies

Summary and Conclusions

II. Theory

3. Individual Characteristics Theories

Dr. Einstein Sends a Letter

Natural Selection and the Killer Instinct

Other Biological and Psychological Considerations

Theories of Social Learning

Summary and Conclusions

4. Social Process Theories

Mr. Smith Returns from France

The Wonderful World of Markets

Competition and Conflict

Interactionist Perspectives

Social Exchange Theory

Other Social Process Theories

Summary and Conclusions

5. Social Structural Theories

A Revolutionary Discovers the British Museum

The Dynamics of Class Conflict

After Marx

Before Marx

Other Structural Bases of Conflict

Solutions to Structural Conflict

Summary and Conclusions

6. Formal Theories

An Ambulance Driver Ponders the Rhythms of War

A Mathematical Formulation of Arms Races

The Mathematical Formulation of Interests

The Theory of Games

Summary and Conclusions

III. Practice

7. Coercion

Fighting over the Falklands

Can Force Really Resolve Things?

Beyond Brute Force

Summary and Conclusions

8. Negotiation and Bargaining

The General Motors Strike of 1970

Formal Negotiations and Bargaining

Negotiation Everywhere

Summary and Conclusions

9. Adjudication

Costs of Negligence

The American Judicial Process

The Law in Action

Summary and Conclusions

10. Mediation

Agreement at Camp David

The Nature of Mediation

The Success of Mediation

Summary and Conclusions

11. Arbitration

Three Cases

The Nature of Arbitration

The Arbitration Process

Some Variations

Decisions in Three Cases

Summary and Conclusions

12. Many Roads to Resolution

The Spink County War

Forms of Resolution

Many Roads

Intractable Conflicts

Summary and Conclusions

Epilogue: A Debate

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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