Outcomes of Intervention

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Outcomes of Intervention

	Settlement, Resolution, Management, or Transformation These refer to four different goals for a conflict intervention. These resources define the four terms and explains how their meanings have evolved over time.
	The Culture of Mediation: Settlement Vs. Resolution This essay explores the difference between conflict resolution as a process that can pursue either social peace, or social justice. The author explores what these are, which takes precendence in what situation, and how mediators can behave so that the outcomes that they value (justice and/or peace) are actually attained.
	Conflict Transformation Many people believe that conflict happens for a reason and that it brings much-needed change. Therefore, to eliminate conflict would also be to eliminate conflict's dynamic power. In transformation, a conflict is changed into something constructive, rather than destructive, but it is allowed to continue so that the beneficial aspects of the conflict can still be achieved.
	Ceasefire In a violent conflict, the first step toward negotiation is some type of ceasefire, which freezes the conflict in place and stops the killing.
	Tolerance William Ury explained, "tolerance is not just agreeing with one another or remaining indifferent in the face of injustice, but rather showing respect for the essential humanity in every person."
	Coexistence In a state of coexistence, the parties agree to respect each other's differences and resolve their conflicts nonviolently.
	Stable Peace This essay introduces the idea of a stable peace, or "a situation in which the probability of war is so small that it does not really enter into the calculations of any of the people involved."

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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