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The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts
Peter Coleman
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Description for The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts
Hardcover. A conflict resolution specialist explores the nature of disputes that become intractable quagmires, and offers cutting edge methods for solving them Num Pages: 288 pages, charts and graphs. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
One in every twenty difficult conflicts ends up grinding to a halt. That's fully 5 percent of not just the diplomatic and political clashes we read about in the newspaper, but disputations and arguments from our everyday lives as well. Once we get pulled into these self-perpetuating conflicts it is nearly impossible to escape. The 5 percent rule us. So what can we do when we find ourselves ensnared? According to Dr. Peter T. Coleman, the solution is in seeing our conflict anew. Applying lessons from complexity theory to examples from both American domestic politics and international diplomacy- from abortion ... Read more
One in every twenty difficult conflicts ends up grinding to a halt. That's fully 5 percent of not just the diplomatic and political clashes we read about in the newspaper, but disputations and arguments from our everyday lives as well. Once we get pulled into these self-perpetuating conflicts it is nearly impossible to escape. The 5 percent rule us. So what can we do when we find ourselves ensnared? According to Dr. Peter T. Coleman, the solution is in seeing our conflict anew. Applying lessons from complexity theory to examples from both American domestic politics and international diplomacy- from abortion ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781586489212
SKU
V9781586489212
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99-2
About Peter Coleman
Dr. Peter T. Coleman is associate professor of psychology and education at Columbia University, director of the International centre for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, and on faculty of The Earth Institute at Columbia. In 2003, he received the Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association, Division 48: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence. He lives in ... Read more
Reviews for The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts
Morton Deutsch "This book is an important, original contribution to understanding destructive, intractable conflicts and how to change them. It is well-writen and can be read with much profit by the general reader as well as by conflict specialists." Geoffrey Canada"As the world gets smaller and more complex, we have to improve our ability to live together peaceably - whether ... Read more