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Some Minor Reflections on Conflict Resolution: The State of the Field as a Moving Target
Author(s) -
Warfield Wallace
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
negotiation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1571-9979
pISSN - 0748-4526
DOI - 10.1111/j.1571-9979.2002.tb00274.x
Subject(s) - mediation , conflict resolution , field (mathematics) , state (computer science) , context (archaeology) , minor (academic) , political science , resolution (logic) , alternative dispute resolution , public relations , sociology , epistemology , law , computer science , geography , philosophy , mathematics , archaeology , algorithm , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics
Based on several recent meetings between the scholarly and practice communities of the conflict resolution field, the author observes that our understanding of what we consider to be conflict resolution is changing rapidly, and that the context of a particular dispute is often determining. To continue to build knowledge in the field, scholars and reflective practitioners should examine such topic areas as the nature of practice; differences between in‐house and external mediation; expectations of all parties about change and outcomes; and the ethics of intervention.