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Reprise: Conflict Core and Overlay Issues
A review of the distinction the Burgesses make between core conflict factors and conflict overlays. This is the first of a two-part series; this one on the core factors; the second one will be on the overlay factors that make conflicts even more difficult to resolve.
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Conflict Core and Overlay Issues - Part 2
Continuing our review of the distinction between core conflict factors and conflict overlays, this post examines common overlay factors that make conflicts even more difficult to resolve--and (briefly) what to do about them.
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Conflict Core and Overlay Factors: An Introduction
A longer explanation of what each of these terms means, along with more detail most common core and overlay factors.
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Conflict Core and Overlay Factors - Part I (Video&Transcript)
The more that eight "core factors" are present, the more likely a conflict will become intractable.
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Conflict Core and Overlay Factors - Part II (Video&Transcript)
This is the second part of a two-part video series further explaining the difference between core and overlay conflict factors, which together greatly increase the probablities that a conflict will become intractable.
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Conflict "Overlay" Problems
A series of problems overlying the core issues make conflicts even more intractable. These include: competing frames, escalation dynamics, communication failures, factual disputes, procedural problems, and collaborative difficulties.
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Stripping Away "Overlay" Problems That Make Conflicts Appear More Intractable Than They Really Are
Intractable conflicts have core issues -- the things that the conflict is "really about" and usually a set of "overlay" or complicating factors -- problems that overlie (and often obscure) the core issues making them harder to constructively address. Identifying and correcting (or at least limiting) these problems is a first key step in efforts to handle conflict more constructively.
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Deep-Rooted Core Differences
Understanding intractability requires understanding how fundamental, "core" tensions over moral, distributional, status, identity, and fairness issues continually pull us apart.
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Constructively Handling Disputes That Can't Be Resolved with Mutually Acceptable Agreements
This section focuses on constructive strategies for handling the tough issues that arise in cases where win-win, agreement-based solutions don't exist, or when some groups demand more than their fair share.