Global conflict resolution through positioning analysis

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Titel
Global conflict resolution through positioning analysis
Verfasserangabe
ed. by Fathali M. Moghaddam ; Rom Harre ; Naomi Lee
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Sprache
Person
Reihe
Verlag
Ort
New York
Jahr
Umfang
xiv, 302 p.
ISBN13
978-1-4419-2464-3
Fußnote
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Summary:
Positioning theory is the study of the nature, formation, influence and ways of change of local systems of rights and duties as shared assumptions about them influence small scale interactions. Evolving from linguistics origins, the theory concerns conventions of speech and action that are labile, contestable, and ephemeral. With this theory, researchers are able to examine the dynamic flow of social interaction as well as give equal weight to the role of discourse and the psychological resolution of conflict. This volume applies positioning theory in order to achieve a fuller and more in-depth understanding of conflict and its psychological resolution. The editors approach positioning from the micro (interpersonal) level all the way to the macro (intergroup and international) level.
Table of Contents:
Part IThe Concept of Positioning
Introduction: Positioning and conflict
Intergroup positioning and power
Liquidating roles and crystallising positions: Investigating the road between role and positioning theory
Intrapersonal conflict
Part IIInterpersonal Positioning
Positioning and conflict involving a person with dementia: A Case Study
The research planning meeting
Standing out and blending in: Differentiation and conflict
The dispute over the fate of Terri Schiavo: A study of positions and social episodes in the formation of identity
Part IIIIntergroup Positioning
How disadvantaged group members position themselves: When they might appear to work against an improvement in status for their own group
Wheels within wheels, or triangels within triangels: Time and context in positioning theory
Positioning and military leadership
Discursive production of conflict in Rwanda
Rwandan radio broadcasts and Hutu/Tutsi positioning
Nuclear positioning and supererogatory duties: The illustrative case of positioning by Iran, the United States, and the European Union
Conceptual frame for a psychology of nonviolent democratic transitions: Positioning through analytical layers
Afterword
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0
Illustrationsangaben
ill ; maps