...Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Paper Sabrina Trevi PSY/400 May 30, 2016 Leah Reagan Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Paper Conflict is not always a bad thing. Conflict signifies caring and involvement about a certain topic or situation. Conflict also is a catalyst to solving problems and improving relationships. Conflict can be a sign that change is needed. The key to successful conflict resolution is finding a mutually acceptable resolution to the conflict. A peacemaking mentality helps evoke conflict resolution. Conflict resolution among children and in schools is essential for building compassionate communities. Through the elements of conflict and resolution and peacemaking, one is able to solve problems and improve human relations. Without conflict, people seldom face and resolve his or her problems. Peacemaking Defined Peace is more than the suppression of open conflict; peace is the outcome of a creatively managed conflict (Myers, 2010). Peacemaking creates relational and structural justice that allows for social and personal wellbeing (Noll, n.d.). Peace can be defined in two different ways: negative and positive. Negative peace is demonstrated when peace is achieved through coercion rather than cooperation and understanding. Conflict is not resolved, but just repressed. An example of negative peace is seen in law enforcement. Criminals are removed from society by peace officers. As a result, crime rates go down. However, coercive and sometimes violent...
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...Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking As people interact there is sure to be conflict. Even though parties may be working toward the same goal, differences of opinion may lead to conflict. Conflict is not necessarily a negative thing, it arises because of an increased level of involvement and commitment with the attempt to come to a viable solution. The way in which the attempts are made will determine how the conflict will be resolved. Peacemaking is one of these attempts. Peace is the acceptance of individuals differences by reaching an applicable outcome. In this paper the subject to analyze is the article on conflict resolution and peacemaking attempt of Jackie Robinsons integration of major league baseball. This paper will also include elements of conflict resolution and peacemaking. Conflict The drive for baseball success was the main goal. Branch Rickey the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers was asked by the mayor to desegregate his baseball team. The purpose of this move was to focus on unity. During this time Rickey was the only president to vote against keeping African Americans out of baseball. Rickey needed some time to determine how to best integrate Jackie Robinson into his team. Social dilemmas existed. Rickey knew that Robinson would not be accepted well. The society did not accept desegregation and was not ready for the integration of African Americans, especially into baseball. The way in which Rickey decided to deal...
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...Running Head: CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PEACEMAKING Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Katie VanEsch PSY400 Angel Wieneche University of Phoenix July 25, 2010 Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Conflict is an issue that is virtually inevitable within societies. No matter the cause, conflict arises as a result of lack of communication, miscommunication, misunderstanding, or lack of respect for other’s individual needs or desires. In this paper, I will examine an article that discusses these types of conflict, and describe its elements of conflict resolution and peacemaking. One particular article discusses the recent history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which has been marked by a series of agreements and accords which have ultimately failed. The Hebron agreement was signed in January 1997 by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat, but subsequently dissolved because Israel continued the construction of settlements in Palestinian territory (International relations, 2009). The Oslo accord was signed in August 1993, with a deadline of 1999 set for the resolution of all outstanding issues, by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Arafat. As the deadline approached, fears of the PLO unilaterally declaring a Palestinian state brought renewed violence and new demands from Israel, culminating in the suspension of the Oslo accord. As Handelman (2008) has noted, the Israelis and...
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...Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking A conflict can arise at any time when two or more individuals have a difference of opinion. Whether or not the conflict escalates depends on the peacemaking skills of each individual involved in the conflict or the skills of outside interveners. This paper will review an article pertaining to a conflict and analyze the elements of conflict and peacemaking involved in the situation. While knowledge in peacemaking skills and negotiation tactics can lead to successful conflict resolution, the result lies strictly in the hands and mental capabilities of the conflict instigator. The Conflict According to CBSNews.com (2010), a conflict arose when a former police officer believed he was unjustly accused of a crime and lost his badge. The incident occurred in 2008, but the former police officer did not take action until yesterday. The former police officer entered a tourist bus in Manila and held the passengers and drivers hostage. The former police officer believed this action would achieve his reinstatement as a police officer and refused to end the siege until he was given back his badge. CBSNews.com further informs the negotiations were successful in the beginning as a few of the hostages were released without harm. However, police made several failed attempts to enter the bus and end the situation. The police also had opportunity to remove the former officer physically from the bus, but hesitated. The longer the situation went on...
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...Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking By: Selina Appel PSY/400 Leah Reagan University of Phoenix November 07, 2011 Conflict is one part of the human experience that never seems to go away completely as time has gone on. There is always some sort of conflict happening every day. From small family squabbles of not taking out the trash or leaving dirty dishes in the sink to large wars between countries, conflict is something that seems to be here to stay. No matter how sophisticated, evolved or enlightened we think society is, conflict still remains a part of modern life. This makes conflict resolution and peacemaking extremely important skills to have in place. Without having a way to put an end to conflict in a manner that helps to soothe all parties involved, the world would be in complete and utter chaos because it can be easy to not agree on certain things. This is especially true for hot button issues, such as human rights, abortion, gun control, equality between the genders, land rights and more. According to Myers (2010), “Recall that conflict is a perceived incompatibility of actions or goals. Many conflicts contain but a small core of truly incompatible goals; the bigger problem is the misperceptions of the other’s motives and goals” (p. 493). The main thing that needs to happen when dealing with conflict resolution and peacemaking is helping each side being able to see how a compromise can be put into place where each individual gains insight and...
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...Conflict Resolution University of Phoenix 9/2/15 Conflict is one piece of the human experience that never appears to go away totally as time has gone on. There is constantly some kind of conflict occurrence consistently. From little family disagreements of not taking out the trash or leaving filthy dishes in the sink to extensive wars between nations, strife is something that is by all accounts digging in for the long haul. Regardless of how advanced, developed or illuminated we think society is, struggle still remains a piece of cutting edge life. This makes strife determination and peacemaking critical abilities to have set up. Without having an approach to put a conclusion to conflict in a way that serves to relieve all gatherings included, the world would be in complete and utter confusion in light of the fact that it can be anything but difficult to not concur on specific things. This is particularly valid for hot catch issues, for example, human rights, birth control, weapon control, fairness between the sexes, and disable people rights can consist of conflict. The discussing’s in this paper will cover conflict with law enforcement and conflict in general. According to Myers (2010), “Recall that conflict is a perceived incompatibility of actions or goals. Many conflicts contain but a small core of truly incompatible goals; the bigger problem is the misperceptions of the other’s motives and goals” (p. 493). The primary concern that needs to happen when managing...
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...Darrien Peacemaking University of Phoenix The recent history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been marked by a series of agreements and accords which have ultimately failed. The Hebron agreement was signed in January 1997 by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat, but subsequently dissolved because Israel continued the construction of settlements in Palestinian territory (International relations, 2009). The Oslo accord was signed in August 1993, with a deadline of 1999 set for the resolution of all outstanding issues, by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Arafat. As the deadline approached fears of the PLO unilaterally declaring a Palestinian state brought renewed violence and new demands from Israel, culminating in the suspension of the Oslo accord. As Handelman (2008) has noted, the Israelis and Palestinians are deadlocked in, “…a protracted, violent, drawn-out struggle in which generation after generation is socially conditioned to continue fighting” (p. 57). Nonetheless, the potential resolution of the conflict seems to involve the simultaneous implementation of the political-elite model (PEM) of peacemaking, which employs the social mechanism of equal-status contact; and the public-assembly model (PAM) of peacemaking, which makes use of the conciliatory machinery of graduated and reciprocated initiatives in tension reduction (G.R.I.T.). Models of Peacemaking The Palestinian-Israeli...
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...Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking PSY/400 February 20, 2012 Jodi Clarke Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking People do and say what they think according to their identity. As individuals, needs, goals, principles, and ethics drastically vary from one person to another. Inevitably when two or more people or groups interact, the individual needs, and goals may vary creating conflict. Although every person in an independent nation possesses freedom of expression, sensitive issues, and controversial topics surface creating the need for conflict resolution and peacemaking. Conflict within a group or among individuals normally results from an individual’s feeling of wrongdoing directed toward him or her, or over the pursuit of self-interests. Conflict results from incompatibility of activity or ambitions. Social parties become involved in conflicting situations when intelligently seeking self-interest and eventually apprehended in a commonly detrimental manner of conducting oneself. Society attempts to prevent conflict with implementing laws and guidelines that controls and regulates the egotistic behaviors and needs of individuals and groups (Myers, 2010). Public schools experiences conflict with a large variety of issues, which delivers a huge impact on societies across the nation. One conflict that exists includes bullying and peer pressure among children in school. The conflict has an impact on the students, parents, and society, and the results may leave severe consequences...
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...EMBODIED PEACEMAKING: Body Awareness, Self-Regulation and Conflict Resolution An E-Book by Paul Linden, Ph.D. www.being-in-movement.com EMBO D IE D P EA CE MA K ING Body Awareness, Self-Regulation and Conflict Resolution Paul Linden, Ph.D. First Edition 2007 CCMS Publications www.being-in-movement.com Columbus, Ohio EMBODIED PEACEMAKING: Body Awareness, Self-Regulation, and Conflict Resolution by Paul Linden, PhD Published by CCMS Publications 221 Piedmont Road Columbus, Ohio 43214 USA 614-262-3355 paullinden@aol.com www.being-in-movement.com All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the author, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. Copyright © 2007 by Paul Linden First edition 2007 Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication (Provided by Quality Books, Inc.) Linden, Paul. Embodied peacemaking [electronic resource] : body awareness, self-regulation and conflict resolution : an e-book / by Paul Linden. -- 1st ed. p. cm. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Includes index. ISBN-13: 978-0-9716261-7-1 (e-book) ISBN-10: 0-9716261-7-0 (e-book) 1. Conflict management. 2. Interpersonal conflict. 3. Mind and body. I. Title. HM1126.L54 2007 303.6'9 QBI07-600195 TABLE...
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...EMMERGING ROLE OF UN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FUTURE CONFLICTS INTRODUCTION Since the end of cold war, the world has been in a constant flux of changes, resulting into serious security risks. These risks range from border disputes to ethno-religious conflicts, most of which are likely to cause regional and global destabilization. In today’s unipolar world no single or group of states has the capacity to counter balance by themselves and therefore, the world is looking more towards United Nations (UN) for establishing World peace. The Collective power to shape the future is greater now than ever before. The world needs a new vision that can mobilize people everywhere to achieve higher levels of cooperation in areas of mutual interest. The foundation of UN some fifty five years ago was an expression by world leaders towards a new world wherein the international behavior and governance was about to begin. The domination of power blocks and less respect for use of UN forum for vested interest has curved the UN role. The potentialities of international organization led by UN are immense in this regard though not utilized to its full potential. At this new millenium every ones expectations are of more peaceful world order. But the natures of conflicts in future days are likely to be more diverse and complicated to be handled by UN. The causes of these conflicts will be mainly of race for nuclear power, global militarization, prolong economic sanction on...
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...Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking University of Phoenix PSY/400 Dr. Abstract Conflict resolution is a method of facilitating a peaceful resolution of a conflict. It is also knowing how to manage and reduce if not resolve a dispute or a conflict. Japan has been employing a strategy in trying to resolve their current conflict with China through a non- violent means and this is through a simple handshake. The Japanese has been negotiating for the handshaking to happen with the goal of striking a mutually satisfactory deal. Key words: handshake, conflict management, negotiation, collaboration. The current tension between China and Japan over disputed islands in East China Sea has been a cause of concern by political and economic leaders in the Southeast and East Asia Regions. However, the tension could be lessened by nonverbal gestures and niceties as asserted by Katie Shonk in her Harvard-published article on November 5th, 2014 entitled “For Conflict Resolution in Asia, A Simple Handshake Could Go Far” (Shonk, 2014). A simple but significant gesture, a handshake between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping is what the Japanese officials hope will happen during the regional economic summit in Beijing scheduled this month. There are two major factors that have caused the strain in the relationship between the two countries. First is the refusal of Xi to meet with Abe. It was surmised that “Xi would not engaged in formal...
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...the way of) violent and oppressive acts; tend to be what the average person would recognise as peacekeeping. How does this align with the current operational expectations of the United Nations in regards to peacekeeping? The UN commenced peacekeeping duties during the Cold War as a way to resolve conflict (aid the resolution) by observing the peace process as a neutral party. Since that time the United Nations Security Council has approved and engaged peacekeeping troops all over the world into many civil and international situations. However is this visual form of peacekeeping effective? Does having a military force on the ground that is committed to the protection of the civilian population in a war zone or facing inevitable oppression really work? In theory the answer is yes, frankly I think you would have to be inhumane to say otherwise. However the practicality of it has proven otherwise. The UN do some exemplary work, such as humanitarian/aid work - assisting the people pre-conflict, during-conflict and post-conflict, peace building - prior to the conflict and peacemaking - mediating issues during and post conflict, assisting in resolution. However the peacekeeping element is flawed. I will use the Rwandan Genocide as an example....
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...Introduction “We, as peace-keepers, represent the United Nations and are present in the country to help it recover from the trauma of a conflict. As a result we must consciously be prepared to accept special constraints in our public and private lives in order to do the work and to pursue the ideals of the United Nations Organization” United Nations DPKO [1] These words illustrate the highest standards of integrity and conduct that need to be maintained and performed by the UN peacekeepers as required by the United Nations Organization. The world’s largest “club” embodies the aspirations of all the people of the world for maintaining peace and security of all its member states. It also at a glance demonstrates the main role or aims that have been made the responsibility of UN peacekeepers in relieving a conflict-torn country, although it relies on their dignity and restraint. Despite the many motivations behind UN peacekeepers (soldiers) joining the UN peace operations, such as compulsory military service, the opportunity for travel or adventure, to pursue a career, adding some skills that can be useful after retiring from service, or simply for better pay; many express their interest to bring peace to people and stability to an area wrecked by conflict.[2] My experience as a former UN peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 2004 until 2005 encouraged my intention to analyze what was going...
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...Overtime, the process of litigation has become more and more time consuming, expensive and cumbersome and increase in the number of cases in courts have led to congestion and delay in their resolution. Some Disputes are sensitive and confidential in nature and disputants may prefer settlement in private to one in public glare of court. In addition, the complexity of court litigation tends often times towards increase in costs which disputants are naturally anxious to reduce. On the other hand, there may be claims involving small sums, which may not be worth the cost of litigation. All these have led to the development of alternative methods of resolving disputes. 1.2 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION METHODS The term “Alternative Dispute Resolution” (ADR), is used generally to describe the methods and procedures used in resolving disputes either as alternatives to the traditional dispute resolution mechanism of the court or in some cases supplementary to such mechanisms. ADR arose largely because the litigation process was and still is, unduly expensive- in the long-run and especially prolonged as a result of judicial technicalities embedded in that method of dispute resolution. Apart from the fact that businessmen and women now prefer private resolution of...
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...Written Assignment Format * Handwritten, * Assignment sheets * A4 Size * Ruled Paper Name: Apurva Kher Due Date / Day: 21/02/2012 Class: PGDM- HR Roll No: 2803110 Subject: OD Assignment No: 3 Topic: OD Interventions Title of the Assignment: Intergroup Interventions Signature: (Of the student) Apurva Kher La Marks out of 15 Name (Of the faculty): Prof. Dhrupa Bhatia Signature: Date of Evaluation: Remarks (By Faculty): ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ASSIGNMENT 3 Prepare a 3-4 page report on intergroup interventions recently used in any company of your choice. The data collected from various sources should be read and rewritten in your own words and in point format, with each point thoroughly explained. Interventions The term intervention refers to all the planned programmatic activities aimed at bringing changes in an organization. These changes are intended to ensure improvement in the functioning of the organization-in its efficiency and effectiveness. The changes are brought through the employees in the organization while consultants facilitate the change process. Any OD intervention, therefore, involves close interaction between the consultants and the client organization. Intervention basically refers to an intended activity to bring change in the organization and the consequent activities within the organization...
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