Understanding conflict and the science of peace
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Understanding conflict and the science of peace
Blackwell, 1992
- : hard
- : pbk
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
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  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Walter Isard is the pioneer of the study of those disagreements between cultures and nations that lead to armed conflict. In this book he presents the results of his research to a wide range of readers. He draws together insights from economics, anthropology, sociology, psychology, political science, geography, regional science and cognitive science. Although the author is widely recognized for his competence in mathematical modelling and abstract social science analysis, he addresses his arguments and explanations here to the non-mathematical social scientist and the general reader. The basic materials are presented in elementary textbook fashion so readers gain from insights of a wide range of scholarship, not least the author's own. In addition, this book shows how the processes of conflict resolution and peace-making actually work. The reader is exposed to models and theories used by those in international negotiating teams observes how various strategies have been adopted and follows the nature of their outcomes successful or otherwise.
Table of Contents
Preface 1. Introductions and Overview 2. Cultural Background: Anthropologic and Social Organization Approaches 3. Individual and Group Behavior: Economic and Game Theory Approaches 4. Individual and Group Behavior: Psychologic, Cognitive Science and Sociologic Approaches 5. Politics (and Behavior of Key Political Figures) and Regional Conflicts: The Political Science and Geographic/Regional Science Approaches 6. Models to Generate Data and Test Policies 7. Principles of Negotiation and Mediation and Conflict Management Procedures (CMPs) 8. The Use of Quantitative Conflict Management Procedures 9. Synthesis.
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