Description: Constructive Conflicts provides a powerful analytical and empirical framework for analyzing and intervening in large-scale social and political conflicts. Readers follow conflicts as they emerge, escalate, de-escalate, become settled, and sometimes re-emerge, learning how dest...
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"As with previous editions, the sixth edition of Constructive Conflicts provides a framework for understanding social conflict as a potential support for productive social change. With Dayton replacing Kriesberg as first author, the structure of the book has now been helpfully organized into four parts. Substantively, this new edition now marks the beginning of conflict at emergence rather than escalation, highlighting the potential for resolving conflicts before they grow violent. Additionally, it extends the end of conflict from resolution to transformation, emphasizing the potential of constructive conflict to transform societies when former opponents cooperate productively. Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals." --Choice Reviews
"Constructive Conflicts by Bruce W. Dayton and Louis Kriesberg is a new classic. It is an indispensable synthesis of what we know about conflicts and how they can be approached constructively. Their new tag line From Emergence to Transformation captures well the dynamism that invites responsibility. Conflicts are not a given, something that 'just happens.' They are the product of human choices and trends, complex interactions that must be understood and responded to with commitment, competence, and compassion. This Sixth Edition is a jewel, a must read for any scholar, student, and practitioner open to seek what is possible and good for all." --Andrea Bartoli, President, Sant'Egidio Foundation for Peace and Dialogue "This new edition of a standard-setting work in the field of conflict studies brings the authors' insights into contact with some of the most salient recent developments and challenges in the field. Using fresh cases and a reconfigured approach to grasping conflict roots, the authors stimulate much needed reflection while remaining grounded in the vast literature of conflict studies. The addition of updated cases and new study questions at the conclusion of each chapter enable readers to apply the book's concepts to today's world." --Chester A. Crocker, Emeritus Professor, Georgetown University "Louis Kriesberg and Bruce Dayton have helped us to understand and untangle the complex web of conflict ever since their first seminal book came out in 1998. Its lessons about the transforming harmful and destructive relations into constructive ones are ever more important for our polarized world. An essential book for today's students, activists, and policymakers." --Pamela Aall, American University; and Senior Advisor, Conflict Prevention and Management, United States Institute of Peace