Identifying Underlying Causes |
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According to Chester Crocker, an important part of conflict assessment is analyzing the underlying sources of conflict. |
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Sarah Cobb suggests that neither unmet needs nor scare resources fully account for the underlying causes of conflict. |
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Kevin Avruch suggests that cultural differences sometimes obfuscate the true motives that are driving conflict. |
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Frank Dukes, an environmental mediator, observes that the presenting problem is seldom the real problem. |
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Peter Coleman describes five different metaphors or ways of defining what intractable conflicts are all about. |
Particular Underlying Causes |
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Roy Lewicki describes how incompatible frames can lead to intractable conflicts. |
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Brazilian economist Olympio Barbanti discusses how development efforts have caused conflict in the Brazilian Amazon. |
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Jayne Docherty suggests that resolving conflicts among parties with fundamentally different world views is extremely difficult. |
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Suzanne Ghais, Program manager at CDR Associates in Boulder, Colorado, focusing only on resolution will be inadequate in situations where ongoing relationships are a component of conflict. She stresses the importance of relationship management. |
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