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Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts
Public Affairs
May 2011
On Sale: May 3, 2011
288 pages ISBN: 1586489216 EAN: 9781586489212 Hardcover
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One in every twenty difficult conflicts ends up grinding to
a halt. That's fully 5 percent of not just the diplomatic
and political clashes we read about in the newspaper, but
disputations and arguments from our everyday lives as well.
Once we get pulled into these self-perpetuating conflicts it
is nearly impossible to escape. The 5 percent rule us. So what can we do when we find ourselves ensnared? According
to Dr. Peter T. Coleman, the solution is in seeing our
conflict anew. Applying lessons from complexity theory to
examples from both American domestic politics and
international diplomacy--from abortion debates to the enmity
between Israelis and Palestinians--Coleman provides
innovative new strategies for dealing with intractable
disputes. A timely, paradigm-shifting look at conflict, The
Five Percent is an invaluable guide to preventing even the
most fractious negotiations from foundering.
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