Dayton, Bruce W.,

Constructive conflicts : from emergence to transformation / edited by:Kriesberg, Louis, Bruce W. Dayton and Louis Kriesberg. - Sixth edition. - London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022. - xiv,364p. :ill,maps

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The constructive conflicts approach -- Preconditions : three perspectives on the origin of conflicts -- Emergence -- Alternative conflict strategies : coercion, reward, and persuasion -- Adopting conflict strategies -- Escalation -- De-escalation -- Mediation -- Non-negotiated and negotiated settlements -- Postsettlement outcomes -- Toward constructive conflict transformation.

"Constructive Conflicts provides a powerful analytical and empirical framework for analyzing and intervening in large-scale social and political conflicts. Readers follow conflicts as they emerge, escalate, de-escalate, become settled, and sometimes re-emerge, learning how destructive cycles of contention can be disrupted and even reversed"--

9781538161005


Social conflict.
Conflict management.

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