HRM540 Theory of Conflict Resolution (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Management (MANAG)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
The subject proceeds from working definitions of peace and conflict to examine some multidisciplinary contributions to peace and conflict resolution theory. It then reviews types and levels of conflict and some specific causal elements in conflict genesis and resolution.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
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| Distance | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: HRM540
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Postgraduate students only
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to identify the main theories of conflict, its causes, prevention and resolution;
- be able to identify the main historical and current applications of peace-making techniques;
- be able to explain the historic and other connections between injustice, violence, denial of cultural diversity and cultural recognition;
- be able to explain the interdisciplinary foundations of conflict resolution.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Disciplinary Foundations of Conflict Theory and Conflict Resolution, including Theology/Law (International), Moral Philosophy/Social Sciences (Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology), Game Theory/The Philosophy of Non-Violence/Logic and Epistemology/Linguistics/ Peace Studies Inherentist Versus Contingency Theories Needs Theories of Prevention and Resolution Socio-genetic Theories Arguing from Positions Versus Interests Selected Historic Authors: Aristotle, Augustine, Fox, Marx, Darwin, Freud, Skinner, Gandhi, Lorenz Peace, Conflict Prevention and Resolution Revisiting the Disciplines for Foundations of Peace-Making Justice and Peace The Role of Ethnicity/Multiculturalism and of International Institutions Peace and "Sustainable" Environmental Policy and Conflicts over the Eco-Crisis.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.