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.
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.
Bruce W. Dayton (Ph.D., Syracuse University) serves as associate professor and chair of the Master of Peace and Justice Leadership, the Master of Diplomacy and International Relations, and Director of the CONTACT Peacebuilding Institute at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA. Professor Dayton has been active in peacebuilding and conflict transformation work for over twenty years as a practitioner, a researcher, and an educator. His other books include Perspectives in Waging Conflicts Constructively and Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation, each co-authored with
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List of Figures and Tables Preface PART ONE: CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND CONFLICT THEORY Chapter 1. The Constructive Conflicts Approach Plan for the Book and Intended Audience Conflict Definitions Six Foundational Ideas Varieties of Conflicts Combinations Constituting Destructiveness and Constructiveness Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 2. Preconditions: Three Perspectives on the Origin of Conflicts Human Nature Sociocultural Relations System Attributes Synthesis Summary and Discussion Questions PART TWO: CONFLICT EMERGENCE AND CONFLICT STRATEGIES Chapter 3. Emergence Identity Grievance Forming Contentious Goals Believing Redress is Possible Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 4. Alternative Conflict Strategies: Coercion, Reward, and Persuasion Choosing Strategies Coercion, Reward, and Persuasion Strategies and Modes of Struggle Illustrative Strategies Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 5. Adopting Conflict Strategies Conflict Style Partisan Goals Partisan Characteristics Relations between Adversaries Social Context Summary and Discussion Questions PART THREE: CONFLICT ESCALATION AND DE-ESCALATION Chapter 6. Escalation Processes of Escalation Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 7. De-Escalation Social-Psychological Dynamics Organizational and Tactical Dynamics Systemic and Structural Dynamics De-Escalation Strategies Summary and Discussion Questions PART FOUR: MEDIATION, NEGOTIATION, AND POST-CONFLICT OUTCOMES Chapter 8. Mediation Definitions, Applications, and Benefits Social Roles Shapers of Mediator Roles Assessing Mediator Contributions Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 9. Negotiated and Non-Negotiated Settlements Non-Negotiated Settlements Negotiated Settlements Forms and Stages of Negotiation Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 10. Post-Settlement Outcomes Variations in Post-Settlement Outcomes Constructive Transformations Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 11. Toward Constructive Conflict Transformation Appendix A: Selected Organizations in the Field of Constructive Conflicts
List of Figures and Tables Preface PART ONE: CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND CONFLICT THEORY Chapter 1. The Constructive Conflicts Approach Plan for the Book and Intended Audience Conflict Definitions Six Foundational Ideas Varieties of Conflicts Combinations Constituting Destructiveness and Constructiveness Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 2. Preconditions: Three Perspectives on the Origin of Conflicts Human Nature Sociocultural Relations System Attributes Synthesis Summary and Discussion Questions PART TWO: CONFLICT EMERGENCE AND CONFLICT STRATEGIES Chapter 3. Emergence Identity Grievance Forming Contentious Goals Believing Redress is Possible Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 4. Alternative Conflict Strategies: Coercion, Reward, and Persuasion Choosing Strategies Coercion, Reward, and Persuasion Strategies and Modes of Struggle Illustrative Strategies Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 5. Adopting Conflict Strategies Conflict Style Partisan Goals Partisan Characteristics Relations between Adversaries Social Context Summary and Discussion Questions PART THREE: CONFLICT ESCALATION AND DE-ESCALATION Chapter 6. Escalation Processes of Escalation Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 7. De-Escalation Social-Psychological Dynamics Organizational and Tactical Dynamics Systemic and Structural Dynamics De-Escalation Strategies Summary and Discussion Questions PART FOUR: MEDIATION, NEGOTIATION, AND POST-CONFLICT OUTCOMES Chapter 8. Mediation Definitions, Applications, and Benefits Social Roles Shapers of Mediator Roles Assessing Mediator Contributions Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 9. Negotiated and Non-Negotiated Settlements Non-Negotiated Settlements Negotiated Settlements Forms and Stages of Negotiation Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 10. Post-Settlement Outcomes Variations in Post-Settlement Outcomes Constructive Transformations Summary and Discussion Questions Chapter 11. Toward Constructive Conflict Transformation Appendix A: Selected Organizations in the Field of Constructive Conflicts
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