What is Conflict Resolution?

1. Defining Conflict

Fisher, Ronald. 1990: The Social Psychology of Intergroup and International Conflict. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Mitchell, Christopher. 1981: The Structure of International Conflict. London: Macmillan.

Wehr, Paul. 1979: Conflict Regulation. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Wright, Quincy. 1951: The Nature of Conflict. Western Political Quarterly. 4(2).

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2. Conflict structure

Galtung, Johan. 1996: Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization. London: Sage.

Mitchell, Christopher. 1981: The Structure of International Conflict. London: Macmillan.

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3. Objective and subjective views of conflict

Bloomfield, David. 1997: Peacemaking Strategies in Northern Ireland: Building Complementarity in Conflict Management Theory.  London: Macmillan.

Deutsch, Morton, 1991, "Subjective Features of Conflict Resolution: Psychological, Social and Cultural Features." In Raimo Vayrynen, (ed.) New Directions in Conflict Theory: Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation. London: Sage.

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4. Positions, interests and needs

Burton, John. (ed.) 1990: Conflict: Human Needs Theory (vol. 2 of the Conflict Series). London: Macmillan.

Fisher, Roger and Ury, William. 1981: Getting to Yes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

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5. Win-win outcomes

Covey, Stephen, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

Cornelius, Helena and Faire, Shoshana. 1989: Everyone Can Win: How to Resolve Conflict. Australia: Simon and Schuster.

Ury, William. 1993: Getting Past No. New York: Bantam.

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6. Power: Symmetric and asymmetric conflicts

Cornelius, Helena and Faire, Shoshana. 1989: Everyone Can Win: How to Resolve Conflict. Australia: Simon and Schuster.

Curle, Adam. 1971: Making Peace. London: Tavistock.

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7. Conflict management, settlement and resolution

Burton, John. 1987: Resolving Deep-Rooted Conflict: A Handbook. Lanham, Md.: Univeristy Press of America.

Deutsch, Morton. 1973: The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and Destructive Processes. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Sandole, Dennis J.D. and van der Merwe, Hugo. 1993: Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice: Integration and Application. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

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8. Techniques for resolution

Fisher, Ronald and Keashly, Lorelei. 1991: The potential complementarity of mediation and consultation within a contingency model of third party intervention. Journal of Peace Research, 28(1), 29-42.

Hall, Lavinia, ed. 1993: Negotiation: Strategies for Mutual Gain. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

Leibmann, Marian, ed. 1998: Community and Neighbour Mediation. London: Cavendish Publishing.

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