Thinking Differently about Conflict Management

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Feng Zhang ◽  
Richard Ned Lebow
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
Thinking Differently ◽  
Alternative Set ◽  
The Way

Competition between America and China has intensified since 2009. The authors contend that there are two underlying causes of conflict: Sino-American competition is more a clash of egos than of interests, and the faulty conceptions leaders and intellectuals in both countries use to understand one another’s motives and foreign policies ratchet up tensions. The authors challenge many of the principal strategies the two countries have pursued, not only the way in which they have been applied. Some of these strategies are based on superficial learning and false historical lessons. This chapter lays the foundation for an alternative set of conceptions that are more appropriate to Sino-American relations and whose application would make it possible for both nations to buttress their self-esteem in less confrontational ways.

The Clinton Administration and Ethnic Conflict Management: Limits of Intervention in a Partially Autonomous Africa

1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Donald S. Rothchild
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Clinton Administration ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Communal Identity ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Management Objectives ◽  
Difficult Time ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
The Impact

The Clinton administration and its predecessors have had a difficult time assessing the impact of ethnicity and nationalism on international conflict. They are inclined to focus on state power and individual rights considerations, downplaying the importance of the ties of communal identity and the emotive appeals of ethnic self-determination. Then, when ethnic groups do gain political significance, U.S. officials often give the communal concerns a prominence out of proportion with reality. The primary challenge for the Clinton administration is that U.S. liberalism classically has involved commitments that preclude flexibility on communally based demands for self-determination and group rights. Such perspectives can at times complicate the formulation of effective foreign policies for a region only partially integrated into the global capitalist economy, and therefore autonomous for some purposes from U.S. manipulation. What is needed is an involved but pragmatic liberalism that links U.S. conflict management objectives with what Thomas Friedman describes as a “coherent post–Cold War strategic framework.” Without that framework, he writes, “the Americans look like naive do-gooders trying to break up a street brawl.”

“I really like the way you ….” Training parents to shape the behaviour of A-D/HD children: is it effective?

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
Anne Waugh ◽  
Chris Forlin
Keyword(s):  
Parent Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Parent Stress ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Behaviour Management ◽  
Modal Approach ◽  
Parent Training Programs ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
The Way

Parent training programs are an important component of a multi-modal approach to behaviour management of A-D/HD children. The efficacy of parent training programs in the management of behaviours exhibited by A-D/HD children is reviewed. Positive outcomes for parent self-esteem, understanding of A-D/HD, anD lower parent stress levels are reported, along with increased compliance by, and improved self-esteem of, A-D/HD children.

scholarly journals The Foreign Policy of Islamist Political Parties

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
International System ◽  
Political Islam ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Collective Work ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
The Muslim Brotherhood ◽  
The Way

Does political Islam have a specific vision of global politics? How has the foreign policy of Islamist forces developed in order to impose their ideas onto the diplomatic agenda of other countries? How do these actors perceive the world, international affairs, and the way Islamic countries should engage with the international system? Eager to break with the dominant grammar of international relations, and instead to fuse Muslim states in a unique religious and political entity, Muslim actors have had to face up to the realities that they had promised to transform. Drawing on a series of case studies, this collective work sheds light on six national trajectories of Islamism: in Morocco (the Party of Justice and Development), Tunisia (Ennhada), Egypt (the Muslim Brotherhood), Palestine (Hamas), Lebanon (Hizbullah) and Turkey (AKP). It looks at what has been produced by the representatives of political Islam in each case, and the way these representatives have put their words and their ideological aspirations into action within their foreign policies.

scholarly journals Conflicts as Constraints to Effective Management of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria: The Way Forward

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adoga James Ada
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Management Staff ◽  
Higher Institutions ◽  
The Way

This study examines the concepts of conflict and constraints and their antecedents in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It makes a clarification of causes, and types and conflict management in higher institutions of learning. The paper observes that management staff, students, teachers, government. Trade Unions may be sources of conflict for one reason or the other. Nevertheless, the outcomes of such conflicts causes prolong of academic activities, destruction of life and properties and in some cases render school environment completely insecure for serious academic activities not beneficial to students, institutions and the society at large. It recommends that the way forward should be proper handling of higher institutions by management and government to be more democratic in handling conflicts by creating avenues for discussing and designing. The paper concludes that conflict is an attendant feature of human interaction in every organization which cannot be eliminated, therefore, maintaining a cordial relationship between staff, students by school authority, is necessary, also involving students and trade unions in decision making process appeared to be the most effective way forward for effective management of tertiary institutions.

Behavior in a Mixed Motive Game as a Function of Induced Self-Esteem

1970 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 511-517
Author(s):  
Richard G. Graf ◽  
Louise Hearne
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Trial Block ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Other ◽  
Competitive Behavior ◽  
The Way

High, neutral, and low self-esteem were induced in college students who then took part in a mixed motive game. It was hypothesized that induced low self-esteem would result in highly competitive behavior. This prediction was confirmed for the first trial block of 10 trials but no difference in competitive behavior among the 3 groups was observed during the second through fifth trial blocks. The results were discussed in terms of the success of the induction of level of self-esteem, the perceived strategy of the other player, and the way in which the perceived strategy might interact with chronic and induced levels of self-esteem.

Greek identities and French politics in the Revue des Deux Mondes (1846–1900)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ourania Polycandrioti
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The West ◽  
French Politics ◽  
French School ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
The Way

The longevity of the magazine Revue des Deux Mondes, its position among the French magazines, its contents, contributors and directors, all prominent scholars of France, establish the Revue des Deux Mondes as an important record of intellectual and political life in the nineteenth century, as well as of the way in which the West in general and France in particular regarded contemporary Greece during the same period. This study aims to provide an overview of all Greek-themed articles in the magazine from 1829 to 1899, with the purpose of exploring the various aspects of ancient and contemporary Hellenism, in relation to France’s foreign policies as well as the activities of the French School at Athens.

scholarly journals Correlation between fatigue and self-esteem in patients with multiple sclerosis

2009 ◽  
Vol 67 (3b) ◽  
pp. 818-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yára Dadalti Fragoso ◽  
Érika Oliveira da Silva ◽  
Alessandro Finkelsztejn
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Socioeconomic Level ◽  
Mild Depression ◽  
Degree Of Disability ◽  
Severe Anxiety ◽  
The Way

OBJECTIVE: To assess the possible association of fatigue with self-esteem in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. METHOD: Thirty patients were prospectively assessed. None of them presented moderate or severe depression or anxiety and their degree of disability was low (EDSS<3.5). They had been clinically stable for at least three months and had been receiving the same medication for at least six months. Socioeconomic level was assessed. Severity of fatigue and self-esteem were evaluated using specific, validated scales. Patients with moderate to severe anxiety and/or depression were excluded. RESULTS: Low self-esteem correlated with fatigue (p=0.01), but not with any other variables, such as age, gender, EDSS, MS duration, number of relapses, mild depression and/or anxiety. CONCLUSION: Greater severity of fatigue in MS correlates with low self-esteem, thus suggesting that this chronic complaint that affects so many patients can interfere with the way in which they see and value themselves.

Replacement between Conformity and Counter-Conformity in Consumption Decisions

2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting-Jui Chou ◽  
Qi Dai ◽  
En-Chung Chang ◽  
Veronica Wong
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Other ◽  
Perceived Similarity ◽  
Chinese Context ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Consumption Decisions ◽  
Conformity Behavior ◽  
The Way

This study assessed, in a Chinese context, how self-esteem interacts with perceived similarity and uniqueness to yield cognitive dissonance, and whether the dissonance leads to self-reported conformity or counter-conformity behavior. Participants were 408 respondents from 4 major Chinese cities ( M age = 33.0 yr., SD = 4.3; 48% men). Self-perceptions of uniqueness, similarity, cognitive dissonance, self-esteem and need to behave in conformity or counter-conformity were measured. A theoretical model was assessed in four situations, relating the ratings of self-esteem and perceived similarity/uniqueness to the way other people at a wedding were dressed, and the resultant cognitive dissonance and conformity/counter-conformity behavior. Regardless of high or low self-esteem, all participants reported cognitive dissonance when they were told that they were dressed extremely similarly to or extremely differently from the other people attending the wedding. However, the conforming/counter-conforming strategies used by participants to resolve the cognitive dissonance differed. When encountering dissonance induced by the perceived extreme uniqueness of dress, participants with low self-esteem tended to say they would dress next time so as to conform with the way others were dressed, while those with high self-esteem indicated they would continue their counter-conformity in attire. When encountering dissonance induced by the perceived extreme similarity to others, both those with high and low self-esteem tended to say they would dress in an unorthodox manner to surprise other people in the future.

scholarly journals Adolescents’ Identity Formation as Learners in Sukma Bangsa School Pidie, Aceh, Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-280
Author(s):  
Nurhayati Nurhayati ◽  
Ratna Sari Dewi ◽  
Eero Ropo ◽  
Pekka Räihä
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Average Level ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Learning Identity ◽  
The Way

This study aimed to explore how adolescents performed towards their identity as learners in Sukma Bangsa School Pidie (SBP) through a phenomenographic approach. More specifically, the research had purpose to understand the way adolescents construct their learning identity in a school environment. The findings suggested that there were variations in the way adolescents experienced their learning identity that might encourage them to achieve different degrees of motivation, self-perceptions (self-efficacy, self-concept, and self-esteem), autonomy, and self-development towards their identity as learners. In this study, students exhibited a high level of self-efficacy and self-development, an average level of self-esteem and autonomy, and close to an average level of self-concept and motivation in constructing their identity as learners. The students also revealed that the highest accomplishment of their experiences was in showing their confidence towards learning attitude, whereas the lowest one was in adult attachment. Adult attachment therefore is pivotal to moderate students who have either low willingness to study or low self-conception.[Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi pembentukan identitas remaja sebagai peserta didik di Sekolah Sukma Bangsa Pidie (SBP) melalui pendekatan fenomenografi. Lebih khusus lagi, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memahami bagaimana remaja membangun identitas pembelajaran mereka di lingkungan sekolah. Temuan menunjukkan adanya variasi cara remaja membentuk identitas mereka, yang mendorong mereka mencapai tingkat motivasi, persepsi diri (self-efficacy, self-concept, dan self esteem), otonomi, dan pengembangan diri yang berbeda. Dalam penelitian ini, siswa menunjukkan tingkat self-efficacy dan self-development yang tinggi, tingkat self-esteem dan otonomi yang rata-rata serta konsep diri dan motivasi mendekati tingkat rata-rata. Pengalaman siswa yang paling tinggi menunjukkan kepercayaan diri terhadap sikap belajar, sedangkan yang terendah menunjukkan keterikatan pada orang dewasa. Oleh karena itu, keterikatan pada orang dewasa sangat penting bagi siswa yang memiliki kesediaan untuk belajar atau konsepsi diri rendah.]

scholarly journals Outline of Mimesis, Honor and Dignity in Modern Sport: A Commentary

2019 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Ejgil Jespersen
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Axel Honneth ◽  
Social Philosopher ◽  
Group Hierarchy ◽  
Struggle For Recognition ◽  
The Way

AbstractWhen reading the masterpiece about “The Agon Motif” by John W. Loy and W. Robert Morford (2019), I was struck by their recurrent reference to the pursuit of honor in agonal sport contests, as it has become common sense to replace honor with dignity in modernity. I take the German social-philosopher Axel Honneth (1995) as a prime example of spelling out the replacement of honor with dignity in what he names “the struggle for recognition”. In a historical perspective, however, it looks like, that dignity can be understood as a distribution of honor rather than as an oppositional concept of honor. Recognition should not only be conceptualized at the categorical level, but also understood in terms of ‘comparative recognition’, which sorts members of a group into an intra-group hierarchy based on their relative merits and, thereby, pave the way for self-esteem (Mark, 2014). Furthermore, Honneth (2008) develops his concept of recognition to a two-level one by including a primordial recognition in terms of mimesis based upon his former concept of basic self-confidence. It is a kind of elementary responsiveness, which always and necessarily contains an element of involuntary openness or devotedness in the bodily-affective sphere. Therefore, I suggest taking mimesis as the precondition of honor into account and understanding dignity as a distribution of honor in the institution of modern sport.

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