Intractable Conflict as an Attractor : A Dynamical Systems Approach to Conflict Escalation and Intractability  

Oleh:

Coleman, Peter T. ; Vallacher, Robin R. ; Nowak, Andrzej ; Bui-Wrzosinska, Lan

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: American Behavioral Scientist vol. 50 no. 11 (Jul. 2007), page 1454-1475.
Topik: Intractable Conflict; Protracted Conflict; Dynamical Systems
Fulltext: 03. Intractable Conflict as an Attractor - A Dynamical Systems Approach to Conflict Escalation and Intractability.pdf (131.21KB)

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Decades of research on social conflict has contributed to researchers' understanding of a wide variety of psychological, social, and community-based aspects of conflict escalation and intractability. However, the field has yet to put forth a theoretical model that links these components to the basic underlying structures and dynamics that account for intractability and transformation. This article presents a dynamical systems approach to conceptualizing intractable conflict as a preliminary step toward developing a basic theory of intractability. The authors propose that it is particularly useful to conceptualize ongoing, destructive patterns of conflict as strong attractors, a particular form of self-organization of multiple elements of conflict systems. Their dynamical approach to conflict intractability is outlined, and some preliminary implications of this approach for conflict de-escalation are discussed.

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