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The Evolution of Conflict Resolution (2009)

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Louis Kriesberg: Pioneer in Peace and Constructive Conflict Resolution Studies

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Before discussing how the field of contemporary conflict resolution (CR) has evolved and continues to evolve, we must consider different views of its parameters and of the major realms it encompasses.1 This is needed because consensus about those characteristics is lacking. For some workers in the field, the term refers essentially to a specific kind of work, for example, engaging in mediation in a particular manner. For many other conflict resolvers, it refers to ways of settling or ending conflicts that entail joint efforts to reach mutually acceptable agreements. For still others, conflict resolution is a Weltanschauung that can apply to all stages of conflicts, and encompasses relatively constructive ways of conducting and transforming conflicts and then maintaining secure and equitable relations. A very broad conception of CR is adopted here, which facilitates discussing the changing conceptions of the field as it evolves.

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  1. 1.

    This text was first published as: “The Evolution of Conflict Resolution,” pp. 15–32 in Sage Handbook of Conflict Resolution, Jacob Bercovitch, Victor Kremenyuk, and I. William Zartman, Eds., London: Sage, 2009. Permission to republish this text here was granted on 9 February 2016 by Craig Myles on behalf of SAGE Ltd. Permissions Team in London.

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    I thank the editors of this volume, I. William Zartman, Victor Kremenyuk, and Jacob Bercovitch, for their helpful comments and suggestions. I also want to thank the many persons who commented on earlier versions of this chapter and provided me with information about CR developments in particular places and times, including Nora Femenia, Geraldine Forbes, Ho Won Jeong, Karlheinz Koppe, Marie Pace, Brian Polkinghorn, Peter M. Wallensteen, Hongying Wang, and Honggang Yang.

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Kriesberg, L. (2016). The Evolution of Conflict Resolution (2009). In: Louis Kriesberg: Pioneer in Peace and Constructive Conflict Resolution Studies. Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40751-7_6

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