Constructive conflicts : from escalation to resolution / Louis Kriesberg.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2003.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 429 p. : cov. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0742520455 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780742520455 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0742520463 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780742520462 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 303.6 K895c
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Contents:
1. Varieties and Stages of Conflicts -- Questions about Social Conflicts -- Varieties of Conflicts -- 2. Bases of Social Conflicts -- Theoretical Explanations -- Internal Factors -- System Context -- Relations between Adversaries -- Synthesis -- 3. Emerging Conflicts -- Identity -- Grievance -- Forming Contentious Goals -- Believing Redress Is Possible -- 4. Alternative Conflict Strategies -- Types of Inducements -- Strategies and Modes of Struggle -- 5. Adopting Conflict Strategies -- Adversarial Goals -- Partisan Characteristics -- Relations between Adversaries -- Social Context -- 6. Escalating Conflicts -- Process of Escalation -- Conditions and Policies Generating Destructive Struggles -- 7. De-escalating Conflicts -- Processes of De-escalation -- Changing Conditions -- De-escalation Policies -- 8. Mediating Conflicts Activities -- Generate pressure for an Agreement Roles -- Contributions of Mediation 9. Settling conflicts Settlements Outcomes -- Paths to settlements Theories and Strategies of Negotiation Forms and Stages of Negotiations -- 10. Transforming conflicts Postsettlement conflict Sequences -- Shaping settlements and conflict sequences -- Changes in conflict components -- Strategies to maximize constructive transformations -- 11 Indirect Consequences Aspects of Consequences Consequences for internal features Consequences for the Social Context -- 12. Synthesis, Specification, and Implications -- Appendix A: Acronyms Appendix B: Selected organizations in the field of constructive conflicts Appendix C: Selected websites relating to social conflicts
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Varieties and Stages of Conflicts -- Questions about Social Conflicts -- Varieties of Conflicts -- 2. Bases of Social Conflicts -- Theoretical Explanations -- Internal Factors -- System Context -- Relations between Adversaries -- Synthesis -- 3. Emerging Conflicts -- Identity -- Grievance -- Forming Contentious Goals -- Believing Redress Is Possible -- 4. Alternative Conflict Strategies -- Types of Inducements -- Strategies and Modes of Struggle -- 5. Adopting Conflict Strategies -- Adversarial Goals -- Partisan Characteristics -- Relations between Adversaries -- Social Context -- 6. Escalating Conflicts -- Process of Escalation -- Conditions and Policies Generating Destructive Struggles -- 7. De-escalating Conflicts -- Processes of De-escalation -- Changing Conditions -- De-escalation Policies -- 8. Mediating Conflicts Activities -- Generate pressure for an Agreement Roles -- Contributions of Mediation 9. Settling conflicts Settlements Outcomes -- Paths to settlements Theories and Strategies of Negotiation Forms and Stages of Negotiations -- 10. Transforming conflicts Postsettlement conflict Sequences -- Shaping settlements and conflict sequences -- Changes in conflict components -- Strategies to maximize constructive transformations -- 11 Indirect Consequences Aspects of Consequences Consequences for internal features Consequences for the Social Context -- 12. Synthesis, Specification, and Implications -- Appendix A: Acronyms Appendix B: Selected organizations in the field of constructive conflicts Appendix C: Selected websites relating to social conflicts

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