Constructive Conflicts From Escalation to Resolution

Name: Constructive Conflicts From Escalation to Resolution
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ISBN: 9780742520462

ISBN-10: 0742520463

ISBN-13: 9780742520462

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Louis Kriesberg

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Kriesberg draws on past and current theory, research, and practice to develop a systematic and coherent approach to understanding how a wide variety of struggles can be waged constructively in a new global context.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/23/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Preface and Acknowledgments to the Second Edition


Preface and Acknowledgments to the First Edition



Varieties and Stages of Conflicts


Definitions


Questions about Social Conflicts


Varieties of Conflicts


Conclusions


Notes



Bases of Social Conflicts


Theoretical Explanations


Internal Factors


System Context


Relations between Adversaries


Synthesis


Notes



Emerging Conflicts


Identity


Grievance


Forming Contentious Goals


Believing Redress Is Possible



Alternative Conflict Strategies


Types of Inducements


Strategies and Modes of Struggle


Conclusions


Notes



Adopting Conflict Strategies


Adversarial Goals


Partisan Characteristics


Relations between Adversaries


Social Context


Conclusions


Notes



Escalating Conflicts


Processes of Escalation


Policies and Conditions Shaping Escalation


Conclusions


Notes



De-escalating Conflicts


Processes of De-escalation


Changing Conditions


De-escalation Policies


Conclusions


Notes



Mediating Conflicts


Activities


Generate Pressures for an Agreement


Roles


Contributions of Mediation


Conclusions


Notes



Settling Conflicts


Settlements


Paths to Settlements


Theories and Strategies of Negotiation


Forms and Stages of Negotiations


Conclusions


Notes



Transforming Conflicts


Postsettlement Conflict Sequences


Shaping Settlements and Conflict Sequences


Changes in Conflict Components


Strategies to Maximize Constructive Transformations


Conclusions


Notes



Indirect Consequences


Aspects of Consequences


Consequences for Internal Features


Consequences for the Social Contexts


Conclusions


Notes



Synthesis, Specifications, and Implications


Synthesis


Specifications


Implications


Conclusions


Notes



Acronyms



Selected Organizations in the Field of Constructive Conflicts



Selected Websites Relating to Social Conflicts


Subject Index


Name Index


About the Author