Using Conflict TheoryHuman conflict from family feuds, to labor strikes, to national warfare is an ever-present and universal social problem and the methods to manage it, a challenge for everyone, from average citizens to policymakers and social theorists. Using Conflict Theory will educate students about how, under what conditions, and why conflict erupts, and how it can be managed. It is a unique classroom book blending theory and practical application and the first to bridge for students the science of social theory and the art of practice. |
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
Dealing with Conflict Economically and Effectively | 8 |
Theorizing about Conflict | 8 |
Plan of the Book | 10 |
Understanding Conflict | 12 |
Incompatible Goals | 14 |
Hostility | 19 |
Conflict Action | 22 |
Emergence of Overt Conflict | 88 |
Making Conflict Emergence Productive | 93 |
Escalation and Deescalation | 98 |
A Model of Escalation | 103 |
Escalation Due to Changing Conditions | 110 |
Deescalation Due to Changing Conditions | 113 |
Conclusions | 117 |
The Civil Rights Struggle Revisited | 119 |
Conclusions | 27 |
Development of Incompatible Goals | 29 |
Incompatible Roles | 37 |
Incompatible Values | 41 |
Conclusions | 47 |
Application to the Civil Rights Struggle | 50 |
Worldwide Influence of the Struggle | 53 |
Theoretical Analysis | 55 |
Conclusions | 62 |
Letting Theory Inform Action | 63 |
Emergence of Overt Conflicts | 70 |
Conflict Resources | 78 |
Typical Beginnings | 79 |
Conclusions | 80 |
Application to Interpersonal Conflicts | 82 |
Application to a University Conflict | 83 |
Application to Conflict in Bosnia | 122 |
Theoretical Analysis | 134 |
The Bosnian Conflict Reconsidered | 143 |
Making Conflict Work Economically | 148 |
Moving toward Cooperation | 157 |
Controlling Escalation | 162 |
Conclusions | 171 |
Understanding and Managing Conflicts | 174 |
Becoming a Skilled Conflict Actor | 180 |
Routes to Careers | 185 |
Prelude to the Dissolution of Yugoslavia | 188 |
Notes | 196 |
References | 205 |
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