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There is no framework for conflict analysis currently in existence: generalization across disciplinary lines has been slow to develop, propositions have not been systematically linked, res has not always been guided by hyp's of acceptable power & significance, & no body of case materials based on comparative types, unifying concepts & general hyp's has been developed. In an attempt to arrive at more precise conceptualization, 50 propositions culled from the literature are presented & analyzed. The following 8 properties of conflict systems are outlined as the basis for hyp's re the sources, conditions, functions, context, & type of conflict: (1) conflict requires at least 2 parties or 2 analytically distinct units, (2) conflict arises from `positions scarcity' &'resource scarcity,' (3) conflictful behaviors are those designed to destroy, injure, thwart, or otherwise control another party or otner parties, & a conflict relationship is one in which the parties can gain only at each other's expense, (4) conflict requires interaction among parties in which actions & counteractions are mutually opposed, (5) conflict relations always involve attempts to gain control of scarce resources & positions or to influence behavior in certain directions; hence a conflict relationship always involves the attempt to acquire or exercise power or the actual acquisition or exercise of power, (6) conflict relations constitute a fundamental soc-interaction process having important consequences, (7) a conflict process or relation represents a temporary tendency toward disjunction in the interaction flow between parties, & (8) conflict relations do not represent a breakdown in regulated conduct but rather a shift in the governing norms & expectations. I. Taviss.

Although the Mershon Center was formally established by The Ohio State University Trustees in 1967, it is necessary and accurate to add that its origins can be traced back to 1954 when the will of Colonel Ralph D. Mershon, an alumnus, was probated. That document provided that not less than 50 percent of the income from the bequest be spent for the promotion of activities that can be said to fall within the area of national security.Following a period of years during which a university-wide faculty committee administered the funds made available from the restricted endowment income, the Trustees approved what amounted in essence to a social science program of national security studies to be administered by a director. The late Edgar S. Furniss, Jr., came from Princeton in 1963 to conceive and implement the new program. Until his untimely death in 1966, Furniss' extremely effective leadership made possible a series of faculty appointments, doctoral fellowships, widely heralded international conferences, and high quality, scholarly publications whose enduring relevance and impact are plainly visible years later.