Introduction to Conflict Studies:

Dr Vern Neufeld Redekop is an associate professor in the Department of Conflict Studies at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Ontario. He has written numerous articles, papers, and contributed chapters on conflict studies and resolution, and has published three books on the subject.Dr Jean-Francois Rioux is an associate professor in the Department of Conflict Studies at Saint Paul University. He's written extensively on conflict studies, Canadian foreign policy, and armed conflicts, including two books in French and one in English.

"This text covers an impressive amount of intellectual ground. . . . The authors have capably presented both the unity and diversity of conflict studies." --Nathan Funk, University of Waterloo"The book covers a vast array of theoretical literature and would be very useful for someone coming to the subject matter for the first time." --Paul Gecelovsky, University of Western Ontario

• PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: BACKGROUND; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; INTRODUCTION; A DEFINITION; THE OBJECTS OF CONFLICT; THE STRUCTURE OF CONFLICT; DISPUTES, CONTESTS, AND CONFLICTS; IS CONFLICT ALWAYS DESTRUCTIVE?; CONFLICT, AGGRESSION, VIOLENCE; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; PART II: CONFLICT AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; INTRODUCTION; VICTIMIZED AND VINDICTIVE PEOPLE; ENMESHMENTS AND ENTANGLEMENTS; THE STATE OF LOCAL AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE; CONFLICT RESOLUTION AT GROUND LEVEL; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; INTRODUCTION; DISCORDANT SOCIETIES; THE INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF MAJOR SOCIETAL CONFLICTS; VIOLENT AND PEACEFUL TRANSFORMATIONS; CONFLICT RESOLUTION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; A WORLD OF CONFLICTS; THE GROWING COMPLEXITY OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS; THE RELATIVE DECLINE OF INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE; AN INCREASING INTERNATIONAL REPERTORY OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCESSES; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; PART III: THE CAUSES OF CONFLICT; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; WHAT IS RATIONAL BEHAVIOUR?; LIBERAL ECONOMICS AND CONFLICT; TWO EXAMPLES OF THE RATIONALIST APPROACH IN CONFLICT STUDIES; GAME THEORY; CRITIQUES OF THE RATIONAL CHOICE APPROACH; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; SETTING THE STAGE: THE NEXUS OF BIOLOGY AND CONFLICT; BIOLOGICAL ROOTS OF HUMAN CONFLICT; POPULATION, RESOURCES, AND CONFLICT; A BIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO EMOTIONS; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; INTRODUCTION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; BEHAVIORISM; PERSONALITY AND CONFLICT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CONFLICT; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; INTRODUCTION; POLITICAL POWER AND CONFLICT; ECONOMIC AND CLASS CONFLICT; SOCIAL CHANGE AND CONFLICT; CULTURES, VALUES, AND CONFLICT; GENDER AND CONFLICT; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION; CRITICAL THEORY; POST-MODERNISM; RELATIONS BETWEEN SELF AND OTHER; MIMETIC THEORY: THE CONTRIBUTION OF RENE GIRARD; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; PART IV: CONFLICT RESOLUTION; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; INTRODUCTION; TYPES OF BEHAVIOUR; LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS; TACTICS; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT ESCALATION; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; INTRODUCTION; THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF RESOLUTION PROCESSES; NEGOTIATION; CONCILIATION; GROUP INTERVENTION PROCESSES; MEDIATION; UNUSUAL METHODS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION; ARBITRATION; ADJUDICATION; AUTHORITATIVE ALLOCATION; TRADITIONAL PROCESSES; MODERN CONFLICT RESOLUTION SYSTEMS; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; INTRODUCTION; DIPLOMACY; THE RISE OF NEGOTIATED PEACE SETTLEMENTS; CONTEMPORARY PEACE AGREEMENTS; PEACE MISSIONS; COERCIVE ACTIONS AND PEACE: CHAPTER VII AND BEYOND; PEACEBUILDING; CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES; DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; DEFINITIONS; THE COMPLEXITY OF RECONCILIATION; RECONCILIATION AS A GOAL; RECONCILIATION AS A PROCESS; CASE STUDIES OF RECONCILIATION; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; PART V: ETHICAL ISSUES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; VALUES, PRINCIPLES, AND GOALS; ETHICAL DRIVERS OF CONFLICT; ETHICAL CONSTRAINTS ON VIOLENCE; THE JUST WAR TRADITION; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; JUSTICE AND CONFLICT; ORIGINS OF JUSTICE; JUST INSTITUTIONS; JUSTICE IN CONTEXT; RESENTMENT IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE; PARADIGMS OF JUSTICE; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; DEFINITIONS OF PEACE; PEACE AS AN ORIENTATION; NON-VIOLENCE; PEACE RESEARCH AND PEACE EDUCATION; PEACE CHALLENGES; CRITICAL REFLECTIONS; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; INTRODUCTION; ETHICAL VISION; REFLECTIVE/REFLEXIVE PRACTICE; DEONTOLOGICAL MOMENTS; MORAL DILEMMAS; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX