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Research conducted over the last 75 years has provided a bounty of evidence-based principles and practices of conflict resolution, from the micro-personal to the macro-structural. However, this represents an embarrassment of riches with so much new research and information coming out of the field that at times it can be somewhat overwhelming. This chapter is organized with the aim of bringing coherence to a complex and thriving field. It presents a set of basic principles and practices derived from empirical research, which are the essential building-blocks for fostering CCR at all levels and outlines some of the main procedures employed in CCR today across different settings. It then offers a nested model of CCR, which presents examples and illustrations of inter-lacing constructive initiatives at three levels – the micro, meso and macro. In closing, it offers a few guidelines for maintaining CCR in social systems and sustaining peace.

Research conducted over the last 75 years has provided a bounty of evidence-based principles and practices of conflict resolution, from the micro-personal to the macro-structural. However, this represents an embarrassment of riches with so much new research and information coming out of the field that at times it can be somewhat overwhelming. This chapter is organized with the aim of bringing coherence to a complex and thriving field. It presents a set of basic principles and practices derived from empirical research, which are the essential building-blocks for fostering CCR at all levels and outlines some of the main procedures employed in CCR today across different settings. It then offers a nested model of CCR, which presents examples and illustrations of inter-lacing constructive initiatives at three levels – the micro, meso and macro. In closing, it offers a few guidelines for maintaining CCR in social systems and sustaining peace.

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     Of course, constructive conflict resolution is only a necessary but insufficient condition, as other conditions such as a sense of justice, dignity and basic needs must also be met.

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     It is possible that a conflict may exist objectively between two parties even though neither party perceives the incompatibility – such as when one party pollutes the air of another at a distance and the other suffers the consequences. However, my main focus here is on conflicts which are perceived and thus affect relational processes and outcomes.

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