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Understanding Conflict


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Core Concepts(View Additional Sub-Topics)

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Causes(View Additional Sub-Topics)

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Consequences (Costs/Benefits)(View Additional Sub-Topics)


Conflict Stages(View Additional Sub-Topics)

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Dynamics(View Additional Sub-Topics)

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Power(View Additional Sub-Topics)
Power is the ability to get others to do as one wants them to do. This can occur through the use of force (referred to as "power-over"), through cooperation (referred to as "power-with" or "exchange power"), or through the power of "love" or the integrative system.
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Justice(View Additional Sub-Topics)
Justice, most simply, is a measure of fairness. It can be measured in many different ways as is evidenced by the different kinds of justice described below. Justice conflicts can be difficult to resolve with mediation as justice is seldom compromised. Without a legitimate ajudicatory body, such conflicts can easily become intractable.
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Conflict Assessment(View Additional Sub-Topics)
Conflict assessment is the first stage in the process of conflict management and resolution that begins by clarifying participants' interests, needs, positions, and issues and then engages stakeholders to find solutions.
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Intervention Processes(View Additional Sub-Topics)
Some conflicts require outside intervention in order to be constructively transformed or resolved. These materials introduces the many forms of intervention and discusses their strengths and weaknesses.
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