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Volume 21, Number 2 (Fall 2014), Peace And Conflict Studies
Volume 21, Number 2 (Fall 2014), Peace And Conflict Studies
Peace and Conflict Studies
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Conflict Engagement: A Contingency Model In Theory And Practice, Jay Rothman
Conflict Engagement: A Contingency Model In Theory And Practice, Jay Rothman
Peace and Conflict Studies
The systematic study and applied practice of conflict resolution is now a few decades old and is evolving into its own field and perhaps towards its own discipline (Avruch, 2013). I believe an essential way forward towards a more robust field and discipline is to build a parsimonious contingency approach. That is, an approach for applying our best theoretical and analytical tools to diagnosing the nature and status of a given conflict and then systematically and adaptively matching up the best methods for constructively engaging the conflict as it evolves. Fisher and Keashly (1991) pioneered contingency theory in international conflict …