Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index.
Introduction -- Understanding conflict -- Development of incompatible goals -- Application to the civil rights struggle -- Emergence of overt conflicts -- Application to a university conflict -- Escalation and deescalation -- Application to conflict in Bosnia -- Making conflict work economically -- Understanding and managing conflicts.
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Using Conflict Theory will educate students about how, under what conditions, and why conflict erupts, and how it can be managed. It is a unique classroom book blending theory and practical application and the first to bridge for students the science of social theory and the art of practice.