New Directions in Conflict Resolution
Published on 15. September 1994
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-0-333-61981-0 (ISBN)
Description
The theory of basic human needs provides a departure for theory and practice in the field of conflict resolution. The next stage has of necessity to be the application of this theory to a wide range of contemporary conflicts, and that is the purpose of this book. Professor Rubenstein also formulates the theory in light of recent developments in social history and social thought, producing proofs of the utility and flexibility of human needs theory as a means of understanding the contemporary world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-333-61981-0 (9780333619810)
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Content
Part 1 Basic human needs theory and its critics: basic human needs - the development of a new paradigm of human conflict; basic human needs theory and its critics; culture class and conflict - a re-statement of human needs theory. Part 2 Human needs theory and the analysis of intractable conflict: analyzing and resolving - class conflict; racial conflict; ideological conflict; ethnic conflict. Part 3 Conflict resolution and system change: conflict resolution and the collapse of communism, conflict resolution and the crisis of capitalism; conflict resolution and crime; conflict resolution and the need for new systems. Part 4 Practical and political implications of human needs theory: conflict resolution as a profession; conflict resolution as a political movement; human needs theory and the reconstruction of Western society.