PEACEST 2A03 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Conflict Transformation, Conflict Resolution, Structural Violence

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Peace Studies
• Course: PEACEST 2A03
• Professor: Jorge Fabra- Zamora

Document Summary

Conflict transformation: transforming the whole situation into something positive. We need to transform conflict in : personal conflicts, group conflicts, social conflicts, international conflicts, global conflict. Common notion difficult to define like happiness and time. Time problem: difficult conceptual definition, need to make a distinction. Counter examples: every defining is subject to this, hard to make boundaries about what is considered included and what is not. The boundary problem: what is x and what is y. Solve these issues with clarifications, metaphors, & distinctions. We will be studying conflict between groups and parties. Pursuit of incompatible goals by different groups (p. 34) Says a conflict is not only formed by direct violence. Conflict happens in a holistic way with structural dimensions (c) = structural violence. Social situation (social and political power imbalances) Contradiction incompatibility of goals (b) = cultural violence. Justification (ideology stating that somehow people deserve it) Attitude parties perceptions of themselves and others (a) = direct violence.