Why We Fight

This book draws on twenty-four academic disciplines to provide a critical analysis of some 100 theories that explain the origins, nature, and management of human conflict. The book treats intellectual, individual, moral, interpersonal, organizational, community, political, and international conflicts. It suggests six criteria for distinguishing good from bad theory and discusses how existing theories may be used and improved.

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By David Churchman

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Criteria for Good Theory
   Useful
   Empirical
   Logical
   Falsifiable
   Parsimonious
   Generalizable
2. Conflict Analysis
   Three major roles for Mathematics in Conflict Theory
   Risk
   Prisoners' Dilemma
   Bayes's Theorem
   Lattice Theory
   Pareto Optimization
   Strategic Choice
   Fair Division
3. The Nature of Man
   Aggression
   Early Man
   Biology of Aggression
   Sociobiology
   Aggression in Primates
4. Aggression and the Mind
   Aggression as Instinct
   Frustration-Aggression
   Aggression as Learned Behavior
   Human Needs Theory
   Psychiatric Theories
5. Intellectual Conflict
   Man
   History
   Society
   Nature
   God
   The Importance of Dissent
6. Moral Conflict
   The Origins of Morality
   Individual Moral Development
   Four Forms of Moral Conflict
   Managing Moral Conflicts
7. Interpersonal Conflict
   Personality and Conflict
   Personality Types and their Measurement
   The "Generation Gap"
   Low Conflict Societies
   Family Conflict
   Dual Variable Models
   Power
   Linguistic Models of Communications
   Systems Models of Communication
   Social Models of Communication
   Culture and Interpersonal Conflicts
8. Gender Conflict
   Discrimination
   Communication Style
   Sexual Harassment
   Relational Aggression
   Women in Peace and War
   The Matriarchal Past
9. Organizational Conflict
   Organizational Development
   Labor-Management Conflict
   Leadership
   Crisis Management
   Competitive Strategy
   Law of Unintended Consequences
10. Community Conflict
    Class Conflict
    Ethnic Conflict
    Gangs
    Hostage Crises
    Conflict and Stress
    Wisdom of Crowds
11. Political Conflict
    Governmental Systems
    Deliberative Assemblies
    Voting Systems
    Redistricting
    Vote Fraud
    Tax Systems
    Tragedy of the Commons and the Free Rider Problem
12. Causes of War
    Reproductive Success
    Ecological Equilibrium
    Territorial Imperative
    Relative Deprivation
    Nation-States
    Characteristics of States
    Number of Bordering State
    Polarity
    Human Rights
    Arms Races
    Correlates of War
    Expected Utility
13. Just War in Eight Cultures
    The Roman Catholic Tradition
    The Greek Orthodox Tradition
    The Jewish Tradition
    The Muslim Tradition
    The Hindu Tradition
    The Buddhist Tradition
    The Chinese Tradition
    The Japanese Tradition
    Just War Today
14. Interstate Conflict
    Origins of War
    Types of War
    Strategic and Tactical Theory
    Strategic Geography
15. Asymmetric Conflict
    Economic Warfare
    Humanitarian War
    Guerilla or Low Intensity Warfare
    Terrorism
    Counter-terrorism
    Piracy
    Cyber Warfare
    Lawfare
16. The Search for Peace
    What is Peace?
    Diplomacy
    Track II Diplomacy
    Department of Peace
    Arms Control vs. Peace through Strength
    Balance of Power
    World Government and Peacekeeping
    Pacifism and Nonviolence
    Reconciliation
    Is Mankind Becoming Increasingly Peaceful?
17. Dispute Resolution
    Torts
    Negotiation
    Distributive Negotiation
    Integrative Negotiation
    Third-Party Interventions
    Large-scale Third Party Intervention
    The Agreement Circumplex
18. Putting Conflict Theory to Use
19. Improving Conflict Theory
    Appendix: Major Fallacies in Logic
    Bibliography
    Index
    Author Biography