Complexity Theory and Conflict Transformation: An Exploration of Potential and Implications
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چکیده
....................................................................................................................................................... 2 CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 4 1) WHAT IS COMPLEXITY THEORY? .................................................................................................................. 4 CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS ..................................................................................................................... 6 2) APPLICATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE ................................................................................................................. 7 SOCIOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 10 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY.............................................................................................................................................. 11 DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 MILITARY THEORY ................................................................................................................................................. 16 LOST IN TRANSLATION ............................................................................................................................................ 17 TRANSDISCIPLINARITY ............................................................................................................................................. 21 3) THE COMPLEXITY OF CONFLICT .................................................................................................................. 22 CONFLICT ANALYSIS UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX CONFLICT DYNAMICS .......................................................................... 23 ADVANTAGES OF A COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................. 37 TOOLS ................................................................................................................................................................. 40 ADVICE ON COMPLEX CONFLICT ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................. 45 4) CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 48 HOW DOES CHANGE HAPPEN? ................................................................................................................................. 48 WHAT IS COMPLEX STRATEGY? ................................................................................................................................. 52 5) EDUCATION AND TRAINING ....................................................................................................................... 71 GENERAL ORIENTATION .......................................................................................................................................... 71 TRANSDISCIPLINARITY ............................................................................................................................................. 75 6) CONNECTING INNER AND OUTER COMPLEXITY .......................................................................................... 84 7) CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................................. 86 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................................... 87
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