Understanding Conflict and Conflict Analysis

An overview of the sources, structure and dynamics of contemporary conflict phenomena, ranging from ethnic and other inter-group conflict to international terrorism and inter-state violence. Jeong helps students acquire the intellectual skills needed for analyzing many different conflict situations themselves.

Informationen zum Autor Professor Ho-Won Jeong is a lecturer and researcher at the Institute For Conflict Analysis And Resolution, George Mason University, USA. He is was the Founding Editor (and is currently Senior Editor) of the International Journal of Peace Studies and Senior Consulting Editor for Peace and Conflict Studies . Previous books include Globalization and the Environment ( Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2005), Peace Building in Postconflict Societies: Process and Strategy ( Boulder: Lynne Reinner, 2005) and Conflict and Human Security: A Search for New Approaches to Peace-Building , edited with Hideaki Shinoda, Hiroshima: Institute for Peace Science (Hiroshima University, 2004) Klappentext An overview of the sources, structure and dynamics of contemporary conflict phenomena, ranging from ethnic and other inter-group conflict to international terrorism and inter-state violence. Jeong helps students acquire the intellectual skills needed for analyzing many different conflict situations themselves. Zusammenfassung An overview of the sources! structure and dynamics of contemporary conflict phenomena! ranging from ethnic and other inter-group conflict to international terrorism and inter-state violence. Jeong helps students acquire the intellectual skills needed for analyzing many different conflict situations themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: CONCEPTS AND ANALYSIS Approaches to Understanding Conflict Conflict Analysis Framework PART TWO: SOURCES AND SITUATION Sources of conflict Conflict Situations and Behaviour PART THREE: PROCESS AND STRUCTURE Process of conflict Inter-linkage and Context PART FOUR: DYNAMICS AND ESCALATION A System of Conflict Dynamics Escalation and Entrapment PART FIVE: DE-ESCALATION AND TERMINATION De-Escalation Dynamics Conciliation Strategies Ending Conflict ...

Autorentext
Professor Ho-Won Jeong is a lecturer and researcher at the Institute For Conflict Analysis And Resolution, George Mason University, USA.

He is was the Founding Editor (and is currently Senior Editor) of the International Journal of Peace Studies and Senior Consulting Editor for Peace and Conflict Studies.

Previous books include Globalization and the Environment (Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2005), Peace Building in Postconflict Societies: Process and Strategy (Boulder: Lynne Reinner, 2005) and Conflict and Human Security: A Search for New Approaches to Peace-Building, edited with Hideaki Shinoda, Hiroshima: Institute for Peace Science (Hiroshima University, 2004)

Inhalt
PART ONE: CONCEPTS AND ANALYSIS
Approaches to Understanding Conflict
Conflict Analysis Framework
PART TWO: SOURCES AND SITUATION
Sources of conflict
Conflict Situations and Behaviour
PART THREE: PROCESS AND STRUCTURE
Process of conflict
Inter-linkage and Context
PART FOUR: DYNAMICS AND ESCALATION
A System of Conflict Dynamics
Escalation and Entrapment
PART FIVE: DE-ESCALATION AND TERMINATION
De-Escalation Dynamics
Conciliation Strategies
Ending Conflict