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Emotions, Decision-Making, Conflict and Cooperation
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Hardback. In order to use the perspective of emotions to explain conflict escalation and crises, a comparison to conceptions such as the pursuit of power or financial interests is warranted. These theoretical considerations are investigated within cases of civil wars and shown to be effective in explaining the origins but also the breakdown of conflicts. Series Editor(s): Chatterji, Manas. Series: Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBW; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
The role of emotions is important in explaining conflicts and their resolution. Witness the emotions surrounding the outbreak of wars past and current and their endings. In order to introduce the perspective of emotions as an explanatory scheme of conflict escalation and crises, a comparison to classical conceptions such as the pursuit of power or commercial and financial interests is warranted. On first glance these two explanatory schemes seem to be at opposite extremes. However, new approaches to decision-making and rationality and challenges to the traditional expected utility model make these two conceptions much more compatible. The new perspective of ... Read more
The role of emotions is important in explaining conflicts and their resolution. Witness the emotions surrounding the outbreak of wars past and current and their endings. In order to introduce the perspective of emotions as an explanatory scheme of conflict escalation and crises, a comparison to classical conceptions such as the pursuit of power or commercial and financial interests is warranted. On first glance these two explanatory schemes seem to be at opposite extremes. However, new approaches to decision-making and rationality and challenges to the traditional expected utility model make these two conceptions much more compatible. The new perspective of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786350329
SKU
V9781786350329
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99-50
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Urs Luterbacher, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Carmen Sandi, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Reviews for Emotions, Decision-Making, Conflict and Cooperation
The author considers the role of emotions and rationality in conflict and cooperation between groups and countries. He discusses behavioral neuroscience research on the topic and examines various models of conflict, including interest-based approaches, a model that synthesizes behavioral neuroscience and interest-based explanations, the rank dependent expected utility model, and an agent-based model, and addresses the role of economic conditions ... Read more