Culture and International Conflict Resolution - A Critical Analysis of the Work of John Burton

Informationen zum Autor Tarja Väyrynen is Research Director at Tampere Peace Research Institute in Finland Klappentext This book re-examines conflict resolution, and partcualry problem-solving conflict resolution, from a new perspective. A critical study of John Burton's work which outlines an alternative framework for the study of international conflict, it provides an insight into the problems of conflict and conflict resolution from a social constructionist angle. Zusammenfassung This book re-examines conflict resolution, and partcualry problem-solving conflict resolution, from a new perspective. A critical study of John Burton’s work which outlines an alternative framework for the study of international conflict, it provides an insight into the problems of conflict and conflict resolution from a social constructionist angle. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the problematique of culture in international conflict analysis1. Peaceful third-party interventions and Burtonian problem-solving conflict resolution2. Burton's human needs theory and the denial of culture in conflict resolution3. The rationale of Burton's totalist theory4. Cultural dimensions of the social world5. Phenomenological interpretation of problem-solving workshop conflict resolution: limitations and possibilitiesConclusion: ten theses on culture and international conflict resolution

Product details

• Authors: Tarja Vayrynen, Patrick Williams
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780719081408
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8140-8
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: New Approaches to Conflict Ana; New Approaches to Conflict Analysis; New Approaches to Conflict Ana
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education