Evolving Intergroup Techniques for Conflict Resolution

An Israeli‐Palestinian Pilot Workshop

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10224938
AutoresStephen P Cohen (0000-0002-0748-0401, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, autor de correspondencia), Herbert C Kelman (0000-0001-6778-8566, Harvard University, autor de correspondencia), Frederick D Miller (New York University), Bruce L Smith (Austen Riggs Center)
Año1977
Volumen33
Número1
Páginas165-189
Fecha de publicación1977-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1540-4560.1977.tb01874.x
OpenAlexW2099543342
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas7

The problem‐solving workshop is an approach to international conflict resolution based on intervention at the intergroup level and designed to provide inputs into policy processes. The pilot workshop described there included Israeli and Palestinian participants, meeting with a team of social scientists who served as a third party. Some of the features of the workshop included use of separate preworkshop sessions with each party to focus on internal group processes; induction of communication marked by an analytic, problem approach to the conflict to replace the legalistic, conflict‐expressive approach that generally characterizes communication among conflicting parties; process observations from an intergroup (rather than interpersonal) perspective, linking ongoing interactions to the dynamics of the intergroup conflict; and emphasis on symbolic issues and questions of national identity. Among the issues discussed are definition of the parties to the conflict, characteristics of participants, the context for communication, relationships between intragroup and intergroup processes, nature of the third party and types of interventions, and the relationship of changes manifested in the workshop to changes transferred outside of that setting

Conflict resolution · Conflict resolution research · Conflict resolution strategy · Context (archaeology · Group conflict · Interpersonal communication · Intervention (counseling · Negotiation · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Process (computing · Psychological intervention · Social group · Social identity theory · Computer Science · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology