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Generic Principles for Resolving Intergroup Conflict

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Poorly managed intergroup conflict is the world’s most costly and intractable social issue. At low intensity, it is expressed through prejudice, discrimination, and oppression, which perpetuate inequality and injustice, sap the resources, and underutilize the diversity of human systems.

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    The research project on Maori-Pakeha relations in New Zealand was supported through a Leave Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and was carried out with the assistance of the Centre for Maori Studies and Research at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. The community work on Native/non-Native relations in Canada was supported by a grant from the Canadian Federation of Municipalities, and the workshop project on the Cyprus conflict was supported by the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security and the Faculty of Social Sciences at Carleton University, Ottawa.

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    This text was first published as: Fisher (1994). Generic principles for resolving intergroup conflict, Journal of Social Issues, 50(1), 47–66. As author of the article, the editor exercises his right to republish the text with acknowledgement to John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Fisher, R.J. (2016). Generic Principles for Resolving Intergroup Conflict. In: Ronald J. Fisher: A North American Pioneer in Interactive Conflict Resolution. Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, vol 14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39038-3_5

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