Conflict resolution: a comparative analysis of three African case studies.

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Culora, Thomas J.
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Winterford, David
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Amos, John William II
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Conflict Resolution is a process in which two or more
players, holding dissimilar perceptions of a central issue in
a dispute, employ strategies consonant with the resources they
hold to obtain their goals in the conflict.
This thesis examines this process in three contemporary
conflicts on the African continent--the Sudan civil war, the
Zimbabwe/Rhodesia independence crisis, and the continuing conflict
in Namibia. A checklist was developed to establish a
theoretical framework for examining the key elements in each
conflict. The interaction of these elements--the issues, goals,
strategy, resources and limitations and the patterns that evolve
from this interaction is analyzed from the perspective of the
African continent and within the context of conflict resolution.
The primary objective of this project is to provide a comparative
analysis of the three conflicts selected for study to
gain increased insight into the dynamics of each case and to
expand upon the theoretical and practical understanding of
conflict resolution.
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