Unit 3- Conflict and Reconciliation

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Course material overview

There are ten weeks, covering different viewpoints on Conflict and Conflict Management. We think of them as different places on "Reconciliation Island". They are:

• Week 1- Introduction to conflict and conflict management: Conflict Arena

• Week 2- Why conflicts fail to resolve: Duelling Hall

• Week 3- Professional approaches to conflict management: Last Chance Court

• Week 4- Boundaries and conflict: Dividing Wall

• Week 5- Social dimensions of conflict: Refuge Castle

• Week 6- Psychological consequences: Trauma Hospital

• Week 7- Individuals in conflict with themselves: Turmoil Studio

• Week 8- Families in conflict: Torn Home

• Week 9- Organizations in conflict: Battle Valley

• Week 10- How conflicts resolve: Resolution Parliament

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Aims

This unit will provide students with an overview of conflict and its management. A model for understanding and engaging with such issues and therapeutically intervening in them will be discussed.

By the end of the unit, students will be able to demonstrate an integrated perspective on conflict, a sense of how to evaluate individual problems and the best method of intervention in relation to them.

Resources

You will not be required to buy any books, but you may want to look at the main text for the unit which is:

Deutsch, M. & Coleman, P.T. (Eds) (2000) The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

You may also want to look at the following:

Biggar, N. (ed) (2001) Burying The Past: Making Peace And Doing Justice After Civil Conflict, Washington: Georgetown University Press

Gilligan, J. (2001) Preventing Violence, London : Thames & Hudson.

Glasl, F. (1999) Confronting Conflict: A First Aid Kit For Handling Conflict; translated by Petra Kopp. Stroud: Hawthorn.

Gottman, J. M. (1999) The Marriage Clinic: A Scientifically-Based Marital Therapy, New York ; London : W. W. Norton.

Scheff, T. J. (1994) Bloody Revenge : Emotions, Nationalism, And War, Boulder , Colo; Oxford : Westview Press.