Abstract
Several scholars in the field of conflict resolution have been searching for a generic or foundational theory to unify the disparate disciplinary strands traditionally brought to bear on conflict and conflict resolution theory.1 A recent effort by John Burton and Dennis Sandole attempts to use human needs theory as a generic adisciplinary theory of conflict and conflict resolution that encompasses the arenas of practice of interpersonal to international.2
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Potapchuk, W.R. (1990). Processes of Governance: Can Governments Truly Respond to Human Needs?. In: Burton, J. (eds) Conflict: Human Needs Theory. The Conflict Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21000-8_14
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