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Anthropological Contributions to Conflict Resolution
ORCID ID
0000-0002-4520-0511
Document Type
Book
ISBN
978-0820317656
Publication Date
2-1-1996
Editors
Alvin W. Wolfe, Honggang Yang
Keywords
American suburb, anthropology, conflict resolution, culture conflict, ethnic relations
Description
Anthropological Contributions to Conflict Resolution consists of ten essays that make vividly apparent the variety of ways that anthropological approaches and perspectives can be of practical worth in the resolution of conflicts. The essays represent various subdisciplines in anthropology, including legal and political anthropology, economic anthropology, cross-cultural studies, interpretive approaches, and social network approaches.
Conflicts and potential conflicts at many levels are the subjects of the essays. One contributor uses an ethnographic account of Sikh separatists in Punjab, India, to explore fighting resulting from the intertwining of religion and politics. Another essay discusses the role that anthropology played in conceptualizing the legal reforms on an island in the remote western Pacific in relation to the recent emergence of alternative dispute resolution. Conflicts over the commons in an American suburb are examined, as are harmony ideology and adversarial ideology as they are used for both freedom and control at a manufacturing plant. The introductory essay includes a discussion of network models in regard to conflict resolution, and the epilogue cites an agenda for applied research in the area.
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
City
Athens, GA
First Page
1
Last Page
168
Disciplines
Anthropology | Social and Behavioral Sciences
NSUWorks Citation
Wolfe, A. W., & Yang, H. (1996). Anthropological Contributions to Conflict Resolution., 1-168. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_facbooks/14
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Additional Information
This book is part of the Southern Anthropological Society Proceedings Series.