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Civic Knowledge and Skills That We Can Use to Help Ourselves and Our Society More Constructively Handle Intractable Conflict >
Stripping Away "Overlay" Problems That Make Conflicts Appear More Intractable Than They Really Are >
Overview of Third-Party Approaches
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Managing Interpersonal Trust and Distrust
Trust has often been praised as the "glue" that holds relationships together and enables individuals to pool their resources with others. Unfortunately, when conflict escalates to a dysfunctional level, trust is often one of the first casualties.
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Trust and Trust Building
Trust comes from the understanding that humans are interdependent, that they need each other to survive. Third parties can attempt to use this insight to promote trust between disputing parties.
News and Opinion
How to Build Trust: A Practical Guide
Excellent and practical advice on how to build (and really earn) trust.
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Larry Susskind Explains How To Get Highly Distrustful, even Hateful Parties to Work Together
Those who want to promote dialogue or peace-making among parties who are "at war" are inviting the wrong people to the wrong kind of event in the wrong way. There are clear alternatives that work.
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Larry Susskind in the Negotiation Journal: Initiating Collaboration in the Midst of a Standoff
Breakthrough Collaboration is a strategy developed by the Consensus Building Institute to create "ripeness" for negotiation when none exists.
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Why Relationships Matter
This video explores how social media is driving conflict & why real human relationships are so important.
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Trust in Mediation
Alan Gold harped on the importance of trust in mediation when he wrote, "The key word is 'trust.' Without it, you're dead. Without it, stay home!" This essay explains why trust is so important in mediation and introduces trust-building strategies.
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Intervenors Coming to the US? A Role-Switch Thought Exercise
This exercise is intended to help people understand how recipients of conflict resolution services might feel when outsiders come in to help them solve their conflicts.
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Distrust and Lack of Confidence That People Will Live up to an Agreement
Another obstacle to negotiation is distrust in the other side. If a negotiator can't be reasonably sure that they other side will adhere to any agreement reached, there is no point in negotiating in the first place.
Colleague Activities
New Study: A Promising Method to Build Trust in Information and Reduce Partisan Animosity
A new method significantly reduced feelings of hostility between political party members to a level that resembles the political climate of the 1980s, when Republicans and Democrats got along.
Colleague Activities
Why a Lack of Trust Is So Damaging: Three surprising ways to build greater trust.
We can build greater trust in our lives by focusing on relationships, consistency, and expertise.
Colleague Activities
Why a Lack of Trust Is So Damaging: Three surprising ways to build greater trust.
We can build greater trust in our lives by focusing on relationships, consistency, and expertise.
Colleague Activities
Livingroom Conversations Trust in Elections Program
A majority of Americans express distrust in the U.S. presidential election process. LRC is working in local communities to build trust across divides and then hoping to spread that trust building nationally.
Colleague Activities
Using Democratic Innovation to Rebuild Trust between Elected Officials and Citizens
Exploring the use of deliberative town hall meetings. The process brings together a cross-section of the community to have an informed discussion on a topic with an elected official.
Colleague Activities
Rebuild Trust in Politics: Common Sense Paper # 48
Those who choose to run for office should evidence some knowledge and care for the principles of sound government. To build trust, they must exhibit both good intent and competence.
News and Opinion
Newsrooms that move beyond 'objectivity' can build trust
A report on a major new inquiry into the mainstream media's trustworthiness crisis and a disturbing argument that the solution is to abandon objectivity and the telling of both sides of a story.
News and Opinion
To Rebuild Trust, Universities Need To Build Open-Minded Brands
Concrete steps that universities could take to earn back the public's trust (and do a better job of serving the larger society).