Using Conflict Theory - Hardcover

Bartos, Otomar J.; Wehr, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521791162 ISBN 13: 9780521791168

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

From family feuds to labor strikes and international warfare, human conflict is an ever-present and universal social problem and the methods to manage it are a challenge for everyone, from average citizens to policymakers and social theorists. This study will educate students about how and why conflict erupts, and under what conditions it can be managed. It is a unique classroom book blending theory and practical application and the first to bridge the science of social theory and the art of practice for students.

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Book Description

Human conflict from family feuds, to labor strikes, to national warfare is an ever-present and universal social problem and the methods to manage it, a challenge for everyone, from average citizens to policymakers and social theorists. Using Conflict Theory will educate students about how, under what conditions, and why conflict erupts, and how it can be managed. It is a unique classroom book blending theory and practical application and the first to bridge for students the science of social theory and the art of practice.

Review

"Particularly in light of recent developments in the war against terrorism, Bartos and Wehr's Using Conflict Theory constitutes a timely contribution and provides enoyable topical reading for the general public as well as for tis main intended audience, students of conflict resolution" Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology,/i> Silvia Dorina Mussano, University of Ulster

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521791162
• ISBN 13: 9780521791168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232