Introduction to Conflict Studies:: Empirical, Theoretical, and Ethical Dimensions.

PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION PART I: BACKGROUND 1. What Is Conflict? CHAPTER OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION A DEFINITION THE OBJECTS OF CONFLICT THE STRUCTURE OF CONFLICT DISPUTES, CONTESTS, AND CONFLICTS IS CONFLICT ALWAYS DESTRUCTIVE? CONFLICT, AGGRESSION, VIOLENCE CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS PART II: CONFLICT AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD INTRODUCTION 2. Small Group and Interpersonal Conflict CHAPTER OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION VICTIMIZED AND VINDICTIVE PEOPLE ENMESHMENTS AND ENTANGLEMENTS THE STATE OF LOCAL AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE CONFLICT RESOLUTION AT GROUND LEVEL CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 3. Large-Scale Societal Conflict CHAPTER OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION DISCORDANT SOCIETIES THE INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF MAJOR SOCIETAL CONFLICTS VIOLENT AND PEACEFUL TRANSFORMATIONS CONFLICT RESOLUTION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 4. International Conflict CHAPTER OBJECTIVES A WORLD OF CONFLICTS THE GROWING COMPLEXITY OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS THE RELATIVE DECLINE OF INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AN INCREASING INTERNATIONAL REPERTORY OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCESSES CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS PART III: THE CAUSES OF CONFLICT INTRODUCTION 5. Is Conflict Behaviour Rational? CHAPTER OBJECTIVES WHAT IS RATIONAL BEHAVIOUR? LIBERAL ECONOMICS AND CONFLICT TWO EXAMPLES OF THE RATIONALIST APPROACH IN CONFLICT STUDIES GAME THEORY CRITIQUES OF THE RATIONAL CHOICE APPROACH CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 6. Are Conflicts Driven by Biological Needs? CHAPTER OBJECTIVES SETTING THE STAGE: THE NEXUS OF BIOLOGY AND CONFLICT BIOLOGICAL ROOTS OF HUMAN CONFLICT POPULATION, RESOURCES, AND CONFLICT A BIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO EMOTIONS COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 7. The Psychological Roots of Conflict CHAPTER OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION PSYCHOANALYSIS BEHAVIORISM PERSONALITY AND CONFLICT SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CONFLICT CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 8. Conflict as a Social Outcome CHAPTER OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION POLITICAL POWER AND CONFLICT ECONOMIC AND CLASS CONFLICT SOCIAL CHANGE AND CONFLICT CULTURES, VALUES, AND CONFLICT GENDER AND CONFLICT CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 9. Recent Philosophical Approaches to Conflict CHAPTER OBJECTIVES THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION CRITICAL THEORY POST-MODERNISM RELATIONS BETWEEN SELF AND OTHER MIMETIC THEORY: THE CONTRIBUTION OF RENE GIRARD CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS PART IV: CONFLICT RESOLUTION INTRODUCTION 10. How People Behave in Conflict CHAPTER OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION TYPES OF BEHAVIOUR LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS TACTICS COMMUNICATION CONFLICT ESCALATION CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 11. Processes for Dealing with Conflict CHAPTER OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF RESOLUTION PROCESSES NEGOTIATION CONCILIATION GROUP INTERVENTION PROCESSES MEDIATION UNUSUAL METHODS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION ARBITRATION ADJUDICATION AUTHORITATIVE ALLOCATION TRADITIONAL PROCESSES MODERN CONFLICT RESOLUTION SYSTEMS CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 12. The Prevention and Resolution of Violent Conflict CHAPTER OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION DIPLOMACY THE RISE OF NEGOTIATED PEACE SETTLEMENTS CONTEMPORARY PEACE AGREEMENTS PEACE MISSIONS COERCIVE ACTIONS AND PEACE: CHAPTER VII AND BEYOND PEACEBUILDING CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 13. Reconciliation CHAPTER OBJECTIVES DEFINITIONS THE COMPLEXITY OF RECONCILIATION RECONCILIATION AS A GOAL RECONCILIATION AS A PROCESS CASE STUDIES OF RECONCILIATION CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS PART V: ETHICAL ISSUES INTRODUCTION 14. Conflict, Violence, and Ethics? CHAPTER OBJECTIVES VALUES, PRINCIPLES, AND GOALS ETHICAL DRIVERS OF CONFLICT ETHICAL CONSTRAINTS ON VIOLENCE THE JUST WAR TRADITION CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 15. What Role Does Justice Play? CHAPTER OBJECTIVES JUSTICE AND CONFLICT ORIGINS OF JUSTICE JUST INSTITUTIONS JUSTICE IN CONTEXT RESENTMENT IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE PARADIGMS OF JUSTICE CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 16. What Is the Relationship Between Conflict and Peace? CHAPTER OBJECTIVES DEFINITIONS OF PEACE PEACE AS AN ORIENTATION NON-VIOLENCE PEACE RESEARCH AND PEACE EDUCATION PEACE CHALLENGES CRITICAL REFLECTIONS CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 17. Ethics and Conflict Specialists CHAPTER OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION ETHICAL VISION REFLECTIVE/REFLEXIVE PRACTICE DEONTOLOGICAL MOMENTS MORAL DILEMMAS CONCLUSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CONCLUSION NOTES GLOSSARY REFERENCES INDEX