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A developmental theory of soc & pol'al conflict processes is proposed. Particular attention is given to the integrative consequences of conflict cycles in the development of groups & org's. Conflict cycles between 2 or more adversary parties are initiated & concluded by events of a decisional character. One or more of at least 3 types of substantive topic may be found at issue in all soc conflicts: disagreements about task-expectations of incumbency of the person in the position. These topics relate to structural aspects of org's as such. Conflict cycles are terminated by decisions about one or more of these topics. Sequences of resolving decisions about task-expectations produce a formalization process. Role-performance resolutions produce a soc'ization process. Incumbency resolutions produce an investiture process. A chain of defined terms is presented. The observation of major org'al offices as an econ'al sampling procedure for org'al development studies is suggested, with illustration from a study of the office of Secretary General of the UN. AA.

The dynamical behavior of domestic political hostility is modeled in terms of the interaction between hostile (challenger) and ruling (regime) groups. The conditions under which the conflict situation will either settle down in a steady state or evolve in time are derived for various forms of collective action costs. The model presented is a general framework for explaining the various outcomes of the repression/dissent nexus as special cases of the same fundamental process. We also obtain critical parameter values of discontent that bring about discontinuous jumps in the level of hostility.

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