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I am indebted to Johan Galtung, who introduced me to peace and conflict studies and peace theory, and showed me how to connect to the ideas of great masters of ...

Conflict resolution involves process-oriented efforts to address the underlying structural causes of violent conflicts. It involves a broader range of actors, ...

Both conflict resolution and violence prevention efforts have grown astoundingly over the past decade, and both have achieved notable successes. However, there are some clear differences in the frameworks that the two disciplines use to understand and reduce violence.

violence prevention and conflict resolution are not interchangeable, ... resolve some of the underlying issues that lead to conflicts and violence. Why Now?

17.12.2002 · Religion has a dual legacy in human history regarding peace and violence. Conflict resolution theory must examine more systematically the decision-making of religious actors and leaders in order for strategies of peacemaking to be effective in the relevant contexts.

PDF | Violence in all its shades and nuances has always been a distressing issue in any civil society. Present times are witnessing the ...

11.01.2022 · By teaching young people how to manage conflict, conflict resolution education can reduce juvenile violence in juvenile facilities, schools, and communities, while providing lifelong decisionmaking skills. These programs also combat chronic truancy and reduce the number of suspensions and disciplinary referrals.

Violence prevention programs often include a conflict resolution education component, but are more likely to include increases in safety and security issues relevant to the prevention of serious violent behaviors that are, luckily, still quite rare in schools (Burstyn et al, 2001). Violence prevention efforts seek to decrease serious risk behavior, including violence toward self and others, risky sexual behavior, and substance abuse (Wilson, Gottfredson & Najaka, 2001).

of the attempts to solve violent conflicts have been relatively successful, such as the conflict resolution process in South Africa; others have seen disastrous ...

Conflict, Violence and Conflict Resolution Conflict, Violence and Conflict Resolution Where is South Africa heading? This publication looks at different forms of conflict that occurred in South Africa during the early 1990s: political violence, labour protests, campus violence, taxi-related violence and conflict, and general crime.

Psychology of religion, violence, and conflict resolution highlights the causes of intrareligious and interreligious violence, and proposes dual models for understanding the latter, for facilitating moral regeneration, universal peaceful coexistence, and holistic individual and collective flourishing.

Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and analyzes violent and nonviolent behaviours as well as the structural mechanisms ...

Several hundred U.S. conflict resolution and restorative justice programs are addressing community violence using neutral facilitation to ...

The majority of current outbreaks of violence and conflict on the African continent arise within States and are less and less the result of ...

Delinquency and violence are symptoms of a juvenile's inability to handle conflict constructively. By teaching young people how to manage conflict, conflict resolution education can reduce juvenile violence in juvenile facilities, schools, and communities, while providing lifelong decisionmaking skills. These programs also combat chronic truancy and reduce the number of suspensions and disciplinary referrals.

In fact, conflict is a natural human process that doesn’t have to lead to violence; conflict resolution and anger management techniques can provide opportunities for people to grow and improve their relationships and the quality of life of those around them despite the inevitable disagreements that arise.

violence prevention and conflict resolution are not interchangeable, they are complementary. The tremendous growth of the conflict resolution field has made a direct contribution to violence prevention efforts by successfully promoting the idea that conflicts can be resolved without violence.