Conflict resolution is now recognized as a major area of research. Yet because of its pervasive nature as a subject, drawing on so many different disciplines, there has long been a need for a reader, bringing together many of the most important and representative essays written to date. This book aims to fill the gap. Equally important, a comprehensive bibliography further anchors the subject - providing academics, diplomats, students and others interested in conflict studies with an excellent basis for future research.

Foreword to the Series - Preface to the Series - Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART 1: BEGINNINGS - The Nature of Conflict; Q.Wright - Future Directions in Conflict and Peace Studies; K.Boulding - PART 2: CRISIS - The International Relations Discipline: Asset or Liability for Conflict Resolution; M.Banks - Paradigms in Conflict: The Strategist, the Conflict Researcher and the Peace Researcher; A.J.R.Groom - PART 3: ANALYSIS - The Individual, Group and War; B.Wedge - Legitimacy and Human Needs; P.Sites - Protracted International Conflict: Ten Propositions; E.Azar - A Critical Assessment of the Power of Human Needs in World Society; J.Rosati, D.Carroll & R.Coate - PART 4: APPLICATION - A Theory of Conflict Resolution by Problem Solving; A.de Reuck - Interactive Problem Solving: The Uses and Limits of a Therapeutic Model for Resolution of International Conflicts; H.Kelman - Principles of Communication between Adversaries in South Africa; H.van Der Merwe et al - Managing Conflict through Small Group Dynamics; J.McDonald - PART 5: RESEARCH - What is Science For?; M.Clark - Action Research; F.Dukes - PART 6: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS - A Tale of Two Movements: ADR and the Greens; C.Slaton & T.Becker - Unanticipated Conflict and the Crisis of Social Theory; R.Rubenstein - Unfinished Business in Conflict Resolution; J.Burton - Biographies - Annotated Bibliography