Jay Rothman

Resolving Identity-Based Conflict in Nations, Organizations, and Communities

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Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a brilliant new approach to conflict resolution that will intrigue and inform practitioners and scholars alike. Writing fromhis remarkable range of academic and real-world experiences--including his historic work in bringing Israel and the PLO to the negotiation table--Rothman shows how identity-based conflict can be managed so that both parties reach a higher ground than either could have found on its own. His vehicle is his ARIA model, and here he traces the ARIA process through Antagonism, Resonance, Invention, and Action, demonstrating step-by-step how it can be applied in a variety of environments. Complete with field-tested assessment instruments and action plans, "Resolving Identity-Based Conflict" is a seamless union of theory and practice anyone seeking to turn the passion of conflict into the fuel of creativity can use.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780787909963
• ISBN-10: 0787909963
• Artikelnr.: 21843827

Autorenporträt

JAY ROTHMAN Ph.D., is a conflict resolution theorist and practitioner with twenty years of experience. As a facilitator, consultant, trainer, and educator, he has worked with diplomats from dozens of countries, business executives, union leaders, opposing leaders of embattled ethnic groups, school boards and superintAndents, community activists, and students from around the world. He is currently a visiting scholar and associate professor at the masters of arts program in conflict resolution at Antioch University. The author lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

About the Author.

Prologue: The ARIA Quartet Conflict.

TRANSFORMING IDENTITY-BASED CONFLICT.

1. The ARIA Framework: Antagonism, Resonance, Invention,Action.

2. Antagonism: Sufacing Differences and Analyzing Animosity.

3. Resonance: Articulating Common Needs and Motivations.

4. Invention: Generating Cooperative Solutions.

5. Action: Setting Joint Agendas.

THE ARIA FRAMEWORK IN PRACTICE.

6. Prenegotiation in Nations: Peace Building in Jerusalem.

7. Transforming Conflicts Within and Between Groups inOrganizations.

8. ARIA Tools: Lessons Drawn from Community Conflicts.

Epilogue: Engaging Identity, Creating Harmony.

Notes.

References.

Index.

Rezensionen

"Absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in identityconflicts and how to overcome them. Provides a fascinatingtheoretical introduction to the phenomena, detailed case studyexperiences, and a final training guide for practitioners...alandmark work." (Kevin Clements, Vernon and Minnie Lynch Professorof Conflict Resolution, and director, Institute for ConflictAnalysis and Resolution, George Mason University)

"Jay Rothman not only says it is possible to bring aboutreconciliation of communities, organizations, and nations involvedin long-standing, deeply rooted conflicts, but he shows just how todo it! . . . Focusing on the importance of social identity and thesteps involved in transforming antagonism into effective jointaction, he helps us go beyond the role of interests to a morecomplete understanding of needs and their importance in conflictresolution." (Lawrence Susskind, director, MIT-Harvard PublicDisputes Program, and president, Consensus BuildingInstitute)

"With clarity and imagination, Jay Rothman explores identityconflict from the community to the international arena. . . . Thisbook provides direction and hope for all those engaged in theessential work of conflict resolution." (Richard Deats, editor ofFellowship, the magazine of the Fellowship of Reconciliation)

"Re-imagines conflict mediation in a remarkably new way--bybringing together the empirical language of negotiation with thepattern-recognition skills of the artist, a new and excitingsynthesis is possible." (Michael Jones, pianist, composer, Naradarecording artist, and author of Creating an Imaginative Life)

?The ARIA framework works at many levels. It is a wonderfulmetaphor for the phases of constructive conflict resolution thathas applications in so many fields. It is the analytic melody thatconnects the phases through the example of a string quartet, and itcaptures how creative conflict resolution is like a beautiful songwhen expertly executed. In all its forms, I have incorporated ARIAinto my teaching and practice.? (Deborah M. Kolb, professor ofnegotiation and conflict resolution, Simmons College; SeniorFellow, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School)