1 апреля 2008 года в Брайтоне (графство Саксесс, Англия) на 74 году жизни в результате тяжелой продолжительной болезни скончался профессор Найджел Ховард.

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Abstract

Two distinct approaches to formally studying conflict are described and compared by applying them to three different phases of an international controversy that arose when a private company was not allowed to export water from Canada. In each phase, the graph model for conflict resolution is employed for obtaining equilibria and strategic insights while confrontation analysis, a procedure for applying drama theory, is used to expose dilemmas faced by the decision makers. The results of the conflict analyses obtained for the three phases indicate that the two techniques complement one another and thereby provide a broader understanding about what occurred and how the dispute evolved over time. A potential resolution to the conflict occurs at a strategically stable outcome when decision makers do not face any dilemmas and their emotions are dissipated.

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Game theory assumes that it must be possible for a conflict represented by a game to be satisfactorily resolved without re-defining the game itself. Drama theory asserts that full conflict resolution generally requires players to engage in a rationalemotional process of re-defining both the game and their "positions" in it until there exists a fully satisfactory resolution on which they all agree. In re-defining the game and their positions in it, players must eliminate six “dilemmas”, each of which therefore tends to cause emotions and rationalisations tending toward its elimination.

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CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS DRAMA THEORY? 2
1.1 The case of Oedipus—and the rest of us 2
1.1.1 Does drama apply to life? 2
1.2 Drama theory, game theory and choice within a fixed frame (‘instrumental rationality’) 3
1.2.1 Rational choice theory as the starting point for drama theory. 4
1.3 Drama theory and ethics 7
1.3.1 Differing moralities 8
1.3.2 Humour and irony 8
1.3.3 What kind of ethics? 9
1.4 Other uses of the drama metaphor; free will and consciousness 10
1.4.1 The author and the audience 12
1.5 Drama theory in relation to other subjects 13
1.5.1 Rationalism v. irrationalism 15

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Здесь в формате полнотекстовых статей можно найти интересный материал о конфликтах в сфере образования и воспитания. About the Campus Conflict Resolution Resources Project The primary objective of the Campus Conflict Resolution Resources project (Campus-adr.org) is to significantly increase administrator, faculty, staff and student awareness of, access to, and use of conflict resolution information specifically tailored to the higher education context. The project came into being thanks to seed funds from the Conflict Resolution Information Source project followed by a major 3-year grant from the federal Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). Wayne State University's former College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs administered the $364,000 3-year FIPSE grant, which began October 1, 2000. Bill Warters continues to serve as the Program's Director. Core staff for the 2002-2003 academic year included Trevor Richards (Program Manager), Samantha Spitzer (Associate Editor, Conflict Management in Higher Education Report), Marie Colombo (Lead Evaluator), and Paul A. Saba (Graduate Assistant).

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Насыщенный информационный ресурс по разрешению конфликтов с использованием методов оптимизации и усиления конструктивности переговоров. (more...)