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"--