Barriers to Conflict Resolution

Ross, Lee; Stillinger, Constance

doi:10.1111/j.1571-9979.1991.tb00634.x

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“…In exploring factors that explain the readiness to acknowledge the right to national selfdetermination of the opponent in an asymmetric ethno-political conflict, this study adds to and expands the important body of research on barriers to conflict resolution (Bland et al, 2012;Ross & Stillinger, 1991;Ross & Ward, 1995;Thompson, 1991Thompson, , 1998. It joins other work presented in this volume (Bachar & Weiner; Bland; Holloway & Lei; Powell; Ross) in presenting a contextualized approach to barriers that elaborates on power asymmetry and on relationship and identity dynamics within settings of asymmetric conflicts.…”

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“…In the past several decades, the "barriers" approach to conflict resolution has become a major analytical tool for understanding conflicts and their resolution (Bland et al, 2012;Maoz et al, 2002;Ross & Stillinger, 1991;Ross & Ward, 1995;Thompson, 1991Thompson, , 1998. Continuing and expanding on this important work, our research empirically examines psychological factors underlying a major issue in asymmetric relations: the willingness to recognize the needs and rights of the less powerful outgroup.…”

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“…Two of these barriers are optimistic overconfidence -overestimating the chances of prevailing in the absence of a negotiated settlement -and loss aversion -attaching greater weight to prospective losses than to prospective gains (Kahneman & Tversky, 1995;Ross & Ward, 1995). Other barriers arise from the dynamics of the negotiation process, including the reactive devaluation effect -our tendency to devalue proposals for compromise that are seen as coming from the other side in a dispute (Maoz et al, 2002;Ross, 1995;Ross & Stillinger, 1991).…”

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confidence: 96%

“…This approach, which has become increasingly prominent in recent decades, identifies powerful barriers that must be addressed in order to achieve conflict resolution and reconciliation (Bland, Powell, & Ross, 2012;Maoz, Ward, Katz & Ross, 2002;Ross & Stillinger, 1991;Ross & Ward, 1995;Thompson 1991Thompson , 1998). …”

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(Non)acknowledgment of rights as a barrier to conflict resolution: Predicting Jewish Israeli attitudes towards the Palestinian demand for national self-determination

Nagar

Maoz

2014

Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict

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A major barrier to resolution of asymmetric conflicts is the unwillingness of the stronger side to see the out-group as having the right to national self-determination. In the context of the conflict between Jewish Israelis and Palestinians, we investigate psychological factors related to this barrier. We first review the threat and dehumanization two-factor model that was developed by Maoz and McCauley to explain Jewish Israeli support of aggressive acts towards Palestinians that hinder the resolution of the conflict. Using this model, we then explore the extent to which perceived threat and dehumanization also predict -together with other ideological and demographic variables -Jewish Israeli attitudes towards Palestinian demands for national self-determination. Implications of the findings for the "barriers" approach in settings of asymmetrical conflict are discussed.

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confidence: 98%

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(Non)acknowledgment of rights as a barrier to conflict resolution: Predicting Jewish Israeli attitudes towards the Palestinian demand for national self-determination

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Maoz

2014

Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict

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“…The same sentiments may also serve to overcome an important barrier to dispute resolution, that of reactance (Brehm, 1966;Brehm & Brehm, 1981) or reactive devaluation (Ross, 1995;Ross & Stillinger, 1991;Ross & Ward, 1995). That is, disputants tend to devalue concessions, especially those from the ''other side", as a consequence of their having been ''put on the table."…”

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Achieving difficult agreements: Effects of Positive Expectations on negotiation processes and outcomes

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Anderson²,

Ross³

2010

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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Judgment and Decision Making

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Ordóñez²

2003

Handbook of Psychology

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Judgment and decision‐making (JDM) research embraces a broad interdisciplinary array of topics concerned with human choice. It includes both descriptive studies, aimed at understanding what real decision makers actually do and normative (or prescriptive) work, aimed at advising people how they might make better choices. Core processes include making inferences about what is currently happening, making predictions about what might happen next, and developing preferences about these possible future states. A variety of choice processes have been identified by which these elements can be brought together in selection of preferred actions, either at a single point in time or as a series of interventions over time. Though most research attention has considered individual decision makers, there is also important work in two‐person (negotiation, bargaining) processes and in multiperson decisions made in groups. Across these many topics there is recurrent disparity between what people are seen to be doing and what some putatively normative model suggests they should be doing, suggesting that either model or behavior is in error. This tension, and the obvious applicability of the resolution to important practical decisions, has kept the field highly energized for several decades. The creative furor continues.

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Barriers to Conflict Resolution

Cited by 234 publications

References 21 publications

(Non)acknowledgment of rights as a barrier to conflict resolution: Predicting Jewish Israeli attitudes towards the Palestinian demand for national self-determination

(Non)acknowledgment of rights as a barrier to conflict resolution: Predicting Jewish Israeli attitudes towards the Palestinian demand for national self-determination

Achieving difficult agreements: Effects of Positive Expectations on negotiation processes and outcomes

Judgment and Decision Making

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