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Research Studies

Conflict Resolutions: Assumptions Behind the Approach
by J. Kristen Urban

No. 53

  October 1992 (English, Pp. 32); 2nd edition November 1996

This paper examines some of the assumptions of the "contingency theory" approach to conflict resolution as it has framed the various attempts at peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis. The discussion in this essay focuses on problematical issues deriving from the general approach to conflict resolution.