Beyond Intractability in Context Blog
Beyond Intractability's efforts to promote more constructive approaches to conflict occur within the larger context of efforts to promote wise and equitable solutions to a broad range of social problems. This blog highlights readable news and opinion articles, "infographics" and reports that help us understand the costs--and hence, urgency -- of the conflict problem, the dynamics that make it so difficult, alternative responses, and innovative success stories about people who have successfully confronted various aspects of the problem in different settings.
BI in Context posts are being included in the
Constructive Conflict MOOS Seminar's
exploration of the tough challenges posed by the
Constructive Conflict Initiative.
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- An interesting window into how people think about the relative merits of socialist and capitalist economic systems. #mbi_context -- Americans’ Views of ‘Socialism’ and ‘Capitalism’ In Their Own Words
- An insightful call for the kind of identity politics that reaches beyond partisanship to encompass other aspects of our lives. #mbi_context -- The poverty of partisan identity
- In order to escape from today's deep political divide, we need articles like this one that help us understand the origins of our troubles. #mbi_context -- In the United States, Polarization Runs Particularly Deep
- An in-depth, international look at the stark political divide that has emerged between the big cities and the countryside. #mbi_context -- The West Has a Resentment Epidemic
- An argument that populism could be a positive force (provided that we learn the lessons of Progressive Era populism). #mbi_context -- The Upside of Populism
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