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1.
Description
of the conflict:
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What is
the topic of conflict called?
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What is
the concern contextually?
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Is a
micro or macro-conflict concerned here?
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What
level of analysis are we dealing with? |
2.
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History of the conflict:
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What
are the structural causes of the actual conflict?
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What is
the history of the basic conflict? |
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What
are the actual causes of the current conflict?
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What
were and are the stages of escalation in the events of the conflict? |
3.
Conflict
relation:
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How do
the structural causes relate to the current conflict?
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What
roles do individuals or groups play?
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4.
Conflicting
parties:
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Who are
the conflicting parties involved who have a decisive influence on the
events of the conflict?
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How are
they affected and what hinges on the results of the conflict for them?
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5.
Conflict
orientation:
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What
type of conflict is concerned?
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Is a
context-oriented conflict concerned here? |
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Is a
non-rationally oriented conflict concerned here in which unconscious
psychic motives play an essential role? |
6.
Conflict
dynamics:
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Is
there an interaction between the structural and actual causes of the
conflict? |
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Should
an analysis of the individual stages in relation to the influence of the
individual protagonists take place? |
7.
Practical
regulation of the conflict:
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How has
the conflict been settled?
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What
rulings were made?
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[Taken from: Ulrike C. Wasmuth: Friedensforschung als
Konfliktforschung. Zur Notwendigkeit einer Rückbesinnung auf den Konflikt
als zentrale Kategorie. AFB-Texte, Nr. 1/1992, p. 4 ff.] |
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Questions
for the Conflicting Parties
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What do
the conflicting parties want to achieve by behaving as they do?
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What is
most important to them?
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What
are the wishes of the respective conflicting parties?
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What
needs to happen to make these wishes come true?
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Can a
motive for action be identified? What motives can be assumed?
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What
does the behavior/action of the respective conflicting parties
trigger in their opponents?
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How do
they try to influence the situation in their favour?
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