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Understanding Conflict

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Core Concepts(View Additional Sub-Topics)
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Causes(View Additional Sub-Topics)
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Consequences (Costs/Benefits)(View Additional Sub-Topics)


Conflict Stages(View Additional Sub-Topics)
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Dynamics(View Additional Sub-Topics)
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Power(View Additional Sub-Topics)
	Power is the ability to get others to do as one wants them to do. This can occur through the use of force (referred to as "power-over"), through cooperation (referred to as "power-with" or "exchange power"), or through the power of "love" or the integrative system. Summary Articles: CRInfo -- From Beyond Intractability Project Recommended References: From Beyond Intractability Project Full Resource Listings: Print -- All


Justice(View Additional Sub-Topics)
	Justice, most simply, is a measure of fairness. It can be measured in many different ways as is evidenced by the different kinds of justice described below. Justice conflicts can be difficult to resolve with mediation as justice is seldom compromised. Without a legitimate ajudicatory body, such conflicts can easily become intractable. Summary Articles: From Beyond Intractability Project Recommended References: From Beyond Intractability Project Full Resource Listings: Web -- Print -- Organization -- All


Conflict Assessment(View Additional Sub-Topics)
	Conflict assessment is the first stage in the process of conflict management and resolution that begins by clarifying participants' interests, needs, positions, and issues and then engages stakeholders to find solutions. Summary Articles: CRInfo -- From Beyond Intractability Project Recommended References: From Beyond Intractability Project Full Resource Listings: Web -- Organization


Intervention Processes(View Additional Sub-Topics)
	Some conflicts require outside intervention in order to be constructively transformed or resolved. These materials introduces the many forms of intervention and discusses their strengths and weaknesses. Summary Articles: From Beyond Intractability Project Recommended References: From Beyond Intractability Project

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I do admit that the destructive energy is there, but it is evanescent, always futile before the creative, which is permanent. -- Gandhi

Featured Links
Organizations Making Noteworthy Contributions to Conflict Resolution and Peace:

Penn State: Smeal Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation

Partner Projects
CRInfo mini-grant recipients, gateway partners, and affiliated projects:

Centre for Conflict Resolution
"[Promoting] constructive, creative and co-operative approaches to the resolution of conflict and the reduction of violence" in South Africa and throughout the continent

Dag Hammarskjold
Former Secretary General of the United Nations, and 1961 Nobel Peace Laureate