Conflict Resolution: Theory, Research, and Practice

Reviews classic and contemporary theories of conflict, focusing on five main ways people try to resolve their conflicts-coercion, negotiation, adjudication, mediation, and arbitration.Broadly defining "conflict resolution," James A. Schellenberg gives systematic coverage to five main ways people may try to resolve their conflicts: coercion, negotiation, adjudication, mediation, and arbitration. The main theories of conflict, both classic and contemporary, are reviewed under four main categories: individual characteristics theories, social process theories, social structural theories, and formal theories.

• | Author: James A. Schellenberg
• | Publisher: State University of New York Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 26, 1996
• | Number of Pages: 260 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0791431029
• | ISBN-13: 9780791431023