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Intractable conflict as an attractor: a dynamical systems approach to conflict escalation and intractability
- Date Issued:
- 2007
Title: | Intractable conflict as an attractor: a dynamical systems approach to conflict escalation and intractability. |
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Name(s): |
Nowak, Andrzej, creator Vallacher, Robin R., creator Coleman, Peter T., creator |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Article | |
Issuance: | single unit | |
Date Issued: | 2007 | |
Publisher: | Sage Publications | |
Extent: | 23p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Identifier: | 2182031 (digitool), FADT2182031 (IID), fau:2618 (fedora), 10.1177/0002764207302463 (doi) | |
FAU Department/College: | Department of Psychology Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | |
Note(s): |
Decades of research on social conflict has contributed to researchers’ understanding of a wide variety of psychological, social, and community-based aspects of conflict escalation and intractability. However, the field has yet to put forth a theoretical model that links these components to the basic underlying structures and dynamics that account for intractability and transformation. This article presents a dynamical systems approach to conceptualizing intractable conflict as a preliminary step toward developing a basic theory of intractability. The authors propose that it is particularly useful to conceptualize ongoing, destructive patterns of conflict as strong attractors, a particular form of selforganization of multiple elements of conflict systems. Their dynamical approach to conflict intractability is outlined, and some preliminary implications of this approach for conflict de-escalation are discussed. The final, definitive version of this paper is available at http://online.sagepub.com and may be cited as Coleman, Peter T., Robin R. Vallacher, and Andrzej Nowak (2007) Intractable conflict as an attractor: a dynamical systems approach to conflict escalation and intractability American Behavioral Scientist 50(11)1454-1475 DOI:10.1177/0002764207302463 |
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Subject(s): |
Conflict (Psychology) --Research. Conflict. Interpersonal conflict. Dynamics --Psychological aspects. |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/2182031 | |
Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764207302463 | |
Restrictions on Access: | ©2007 Sage Publications | |
Host Institution: | FAU |