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The Nature of Intractable Conflict

Resolution in the Twenty-First Century

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Provides such a comprehensive overview of conflict resolution theory and practice, and its recent innovations and developments .

  • Christopher Mitchell is a leading US academic in the field of conflict resolution

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Compulsion

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 1-22
  3. Formation

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 23-44
  4. Classification

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 45-62
  5. Perpetuation

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 63-80
  6. Prevention

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 81-108
  7. Mitigation

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 109-136
  8. Regulation

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 137-157
  9. Institutionalization

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 158-185
  10. Termination I

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 186-212
  11. Termination II

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 213-242
  12. Innovation

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 243-267
  13. Reconciliation

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 268-291
  14. Afterword

    • Christopher Mitchell
    Pages 292-293
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 294-353

About this book

Building upon Mitchell's earlier work, The Structure of International Conflict, this volume surveys the field of conflict analysis and resolution in the twenty-first century, exploring the methods which people have sought to mitigate destructive processes including the creative and innovative new ways of resolving insoluble disputes.

Reviews

“The Nature of Intractable Conflict is a valuable compendium, enriched by Mitchell’s pursuit of distilling relevant but over-researched topics. Moreover, his own insights scattered throughout the text links his survey of the subject of intractability with emerging trends in current scholarship, which makes this book a relevant signpost in new research.” (Ian Niccolo V. Tobia, European Review of International Studies, Vol. 3 (3), 2016)

"Chris Mitchell's Structure of International Conflict inspired a generation of academics and practitioners to enter the field of conflict analysis and resolution. Now, as he shows in this equally inspirational book, forty years on the field has grown enormously. This is a masterly survey of the current state of the art and an indispensable guide for all those, scholars and practitioners alike, who want to place themselves on the front line of research and practice." - Tom Woodhouse, University of Bradford, UK

Authors and Affiliations

  • George Mason University, USA

    Christopher Mitchell

About the author

Christopher Mitchell is an Emeritus Professor at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, USA. He has written extensively on informal mediation, track two facilitation and local level peace-building. In 1981 he published one of the first ever textbooks in the field, The Structure of International Conflict, to which this volume is a follow up.

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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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