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SOCIAL CONFLICTS ARE THE MOTOR OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS & POINT TO A DESIRE OR STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL CHANGES. THESE CHANGES ARE SUBSEQUENTLY REALIZED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS, & THE RESULTS LAID DOWN IN THE LAW. DISPROPORTIONAL POSITIONAL CHANGES OF ACTORS WITHIN A SOCIAL SYSTEM BRING ABOUT CONFLICTS. POSITIONS ARE TIED TO VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS, THUS DISPROPORTIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF VALUES LEAD TO CONFLICTS. A SECOND APPROACH MAY BE FOLLOWED, VIZ, THE UTILITY-THEORETICAL OR THE SATISFACTION-THEORETICAL APPROACH. THIS APPROACH DEALS WITH AN ANALYSIS OF UTILITY-FUNCTIONS OF ACTORS, CONFLICT BEING DEFINED AS A POSITION ON THE SATISFACTION-SCALE. 2 FIGURES. MODIFIED HA.

FY 2012-2013. Project Leads: Kosal, Margaret E. ; The report will advance critical thinking on the potential role and impact of nanotechnology on defense policy. It will view nanotechnology through the prism of international cooperation and competition, examining whether emerging nanotechnology will exacerbate or mitigate regional security challenges. ; NA ; Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

This book presents methods for dealing with conflict in family firms. The first part of the book defines conflict in general and then in the context of family businesses. It then identifies several approaches to dealing with conflict. As the author makes clear, conflict can negatively impact the performance of a family firm while unresolved conflict often results in unsuccessful transition to the next generation. Therefore, she presents a model that looks at the causes of conflict and ways of resolving it. The second part of the book presents case studies of conflicts in family business, examining such companies as Gucci and L'Oreal and applying the theory. This book will serves as a foundational text in managing disputes in family enterprises.

Introduction : why examine subregional sources and dynamics of conflict / Chandra Lekha Sriram and Zoe Nielsen -- Understanding conflicts in the Horn of Africa / Edmond J. Keller -- Stability and change in Central Asia / Gregory Gleason -- Sources of conflict in West Africa / Comfort Ero and Jonathan Temin -- Dynamics of conflict in Central America / Chandra Lekha Sriram -- Implications for conflict prevention / Zoe Nielsen

Against the illustrative background of the settlement ending the civil war in the Sudan, the functional/dysfunctional & cost/benefit theories of conflict are examined. The three levels at which conflicts should be evaluated (parties, factions within parties, & overall system) have often been confused. Various kinds of costs & benefits of engaging & then succeeding in a conflict are considered, ranging from economic & political to psychological, & including deferred costs & benefits. Rather than functionality, cost evaluation based on the consideration: 'functional for whom & over what period of time?' should be carried out. Since any efforts to resolve a conflict should take into account the benefits that some may achieve by active participation & role playing, any solution should find some compensation for such benefits. Modified HA.

Recent scholarship has found evidence that refugee flows may inadvertently contribute to the spread of conflict across borders. Little is known, however, about the spatial diffusion of conflict within a state's borders and what role internal displacement plays in such a dynamic. This question is of relevance because of the particular marginalization of internally displaced persons, which make them at risk of predation and militarization by armed groups. Drawing on a novel global data set on internal displacement, we evaluate this question and find evidence for a similar mechanism leading to conflict spread operating at the domestic level.

Conflict prevention was high on the agendas of both the EU & the UN in 2001, resulting in the release of major reports & ensuing high-level debates. The reports document the efforts of the EU & the UN to practically implement their new commitment to conflict prevention. Both the EU & the UN have emphasized long-term preventive efforts focused on the root causes of armed conflicts. This calls for an integrated approach & improved coordination among actors. In practice, however, this is difficult as preventive efforts in West Africa & Zimbabwe illustrate. The annex lists figures for current multilateral peace operations in 2001. For the first time since 1996 no new UN peace operation was launched. The limited size & scope of the five new multilateral missions meanwhile illustrate the increasing caution of the international states & organizations toward new operations as the costs of such commitments are realized. 1 Figure, 1 Appendix. Adapted from the source document.

1. The need for strategic conflict -- 2. Seeking strategic control : communication strategies and tactics -- 3. Maintenance and conflict : a dual process view -- 4. Seeking episode control : conflict instigation due to alcohol, moods, emotions, stress, and the environment -- 5. Interpersonal transgressions -- 6. Accounts -- 7. Seeking personal control : personality differences in managing conflict -- 8. Power and power strategies -- 9. Intercultural conflict -- 10. Seeking goal control : goal achievement and defense -- 12. Health and conflict -- 13. Ongoing serial conflict -- 14. Abuse, divorce, and effects on children -- 15. Seeking resolution through forgiveness.

"Conflict Management" published on by Oxford University Press.

This volume examines conflict and conflict regulation processes. The author reviews theories of conflict and techniques of conflict management and then presents case studies of self-limiting conflict in Gandhi's India, Nazioccupied Norway, and at a nuclear weapons plant in Colorado to illustrate unconventional approaches to conflict regulation.