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Teorija rešavanja sukoba: osnovni koncepti i paradigme
Conflict Resolution Theory: Main Concepts And Paradigms

Author(s): Nemanja Džuverović, Goran Tepšić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: conflict; violent conflict; conflict prevention; conflict resolution; conflict transformation; negotiation; mediation; realism; liberalism; marxism; non-marxist critical thought; human needs theory

Summary/Abstract: The article’s aim is to determine analytical and normative limits of the Conflict Resolution field of research, to define its principle terms, concepts and paradigms, and to clarify terminological and conceptual confusion in this area. In the first part, authors try to define and classify conflicts, while in the second part they analyze different conflict resolution techniques. Topic of the third part is directed towards main paradigms with special emphasis on the human needs theory. In the conclusion authors observe constraints for conflict resolution, and try to establish the criteria for its successful overcoming.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 361-379
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Serbian