Constructive conflicts : from escalation to resolution / Louis Kriesberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kriesberg, Louis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conflict.

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

xv, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Summary:

Highly regarded by instructors as the most comprehensive and insightful textbook on conflict resolution, Constructive Conflicts has been significantly revised and updated in this second edition. The new edition builds on the strengths of the first, especially its organization around the different stages at which conflicts emerge, escalate, and resolve. Kriesberg's analysis utlizes diverse theoretical perspectives and data and is relevant for strategies that a variety of people can employ to foster constructive struggles. In this second edition to his highly recommended, leading textbook in conflict and peace studies by peaceful means Professor Kriesberg has included very valuable material on South Africa and apartheid, on the women's and Civil Rights movements in the USA and the justice and globalization movements. And, above all, on international terrorism and the al Qaeda network. In a dynamic world authors have to be equally dynamic. Professor Kriesberg is one of those. Johan Galtung, professor of peace studies, Director, TRANSCEND: A Peace and Development Network.

Contents:

1 Varieties and Stages of Conflicts 1

Questions about Social Conflicts 4

Varieties of Conflicts 7

2 Bases of Social Conflicts 28

Theoretical Explanations 29

Internal Factors 31

System Context 36

Relations between Adversaries 39

Synthesis 45

3 Emerging Conflicts 55

Identity 57

Grievance 64

Forming Contentious Goals 76

Believing Redress Is Possible 85

4 Alternative Conflict Strategies 99

Types of Inducements 100

Strategies and Modes of Struggle 105

5 Adopting Conflict Strategies 129

Adversarial Goals 129

Partisan Characteristics 131

Relations between Adversaries 141

Social Context 148

6 Escalating Conflicts 159

Processes of Escalation 161

Policies and Conditions Shaping Escalation 169

7 De-escalating Conflicts 190

Processes of De-escalation 191

Changing Conditions 199

De-escalation Policies 209

8 Mediating Conflicts 234

Activities 234

Generate Pressures for an Agreement 241

Roles 242

Contributions of Mediation 254

9 Settling Conflicts 268

Settlements 268

Paths to Settlements 275

Theories and Strategies of Negotiation 278

Forms and Stages of Negotiations 287

10 Transforming Conflicts 301

Postsettlement Conflict Sequences 301

Shaping Settlements and Conflict Sequences 303

Changes in Conflict Components 317

Strategies to Maximize Constructive Transformations 322

11 Indirect Consequences 341

Aspects of Consequences 341

Consequences for Internal Features 344

Consequences for the Social Contexts 356

12 Synthesis, Specifications, and Implications 369

Synthesis 369

Specifications 380

Implications 388

Appendix B Selected Organizations in the Field of Constructive Conflicts 401

Appendix C Selected Websites Relating to Social Conflicts 405.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0742520455

0742520463

OCLC:

49385878