Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
Does the field of conflict resolution have any broadly applicable theories that "work" across the different domains of international and domestic conflict? Or, are contexts, participants, and resources so "domain" specific and variable that only "thick descriptions" of particular contexts will do? These are important questions which have been plaguing me in this depressing time for conflict resolution professionals, from September 11,2001 (9/11), to the war against Iraq. Have we learned anything about conflict resolution that really does improve our ability to describe, predict, and act to reduce unnecessary and harmful conflict? These are the questions I want to explore in this essay, all the while knowing that I will ask more questions than I have answers to. My hope is to spark more rigorous attention to the possibility of "comparative dispute resolution" study and practice, using key concepts, theories, empirical studies, practical wisdom, and experiential insights to spark and encourage more "multi-level" and multi-unit analysis of some of our "shared" propositions.
Publication Citation
2003 J. Disp. Resol. 319-352
Scholarly Commons Citation
Menkel-Meadow, Carrie, "Correspondences and Contradictions in International and Domestic Conflict Resolution: Lessons From General Theory and Varied Contexts" (2003). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 176.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/176