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The Effectiveness of a Pacifist Strategy in Conflict Resolution

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To find out to what extent the violence and exploitative behaviour of the opponent of a pacifist strategist could be controlled, the author tested within a laboratory context the impact of eight variables.

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    This text was first published as: Reychler, L. (1979, June). The Effectiveness of a Pacifist Strategy in Conflict Resolution. Journal of Conflict Resolution (June), 23(2), 228–260. Reprinted with the permission of SAGE.

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    Luc Reychler & Arnim Langer

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    Luc Reychler

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Reychler, L., Langer, A. (2020). The Effectiveness of a Pacifist Strategy in Conflict Resolution. In: Reychler, L., Langer, A. (eds) Luc Reychler: A Pioneer in Sustainable Peacebuilding Architecture. Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40208-2_5

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