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The mathematical model of game theory [a] originally posited only a winner and a loser (a zero-sum game) in a conflict, but was extended to cooperation (a win-win situation and a non-zero sum game), [b] and lets users specify any point on a scale between cooperation, [2] peace, [Note 1] rivalry, contest, [3] crisis, [4]: 2 and conflict [5 ...
In the complex system approach to peace and armed conflict, the social systems of armed conflict are viewed as complex [1] dynamical systems. [2] The study of positive and negative feedback processes, attractors and system dimensionality, phase transitions and emergence is seen as providing improved understanding of the conflicts and of the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of interventions ...
The conflict theory sees the purpose of education as a way to maintain social inequality and a way to preserve the power of those who dominate society. [17] Relations in society, in this view, are mainly based on exploitation, oppression, domination and subordination.
Sjoberg is a Professor of International Relations at University of Oxford and a Politics and International Relations fellow at Exeter College, Oxford. [8] From 2020 until 2024, Sjoberg was a British Academy Global Professor of Politics and International Relations, Head of the Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy, and Director of the Gender Institute at Royal Holloway ...
Conflict theories are perspectives in political philosophy and sociology which argue that individuals and groups (social classes) within society interact on the basis of conflict rather than agreement, while also emphasizing social psychology, historical materialism, power dynamics, and their roles in creating power structures, social movements, and social arrangements within a society.
This approach includes the normatively oriented work that emerged in the peace studies and conflict research schools of the 1960s (e.g. Oslo Peace Research Institute on "Liberal Peace and the Ethics of Peacebuilding") [52] and more critical theory ideas about peacebuilding that have recently developed in many European and non-western academic ...
Critical pedagogy is a philosophy of education and social movement that developed and applied concepts from critical theory and related traditions to the field of education and the study of culture. [1] It insists that issues of social justice and democracy are not distinct from acts of teaching and learning. [2]
Elise M. Boulding (/ ˈ b oʊ l d ɪ ŋ /; July 6, 1920 – June 24, 2010) was a Norwegian-born American Quaker sociologist and author, seen as a major contributor to creating the academic discipline of Peace and Conflict Studies. Her holistic, multidimensional approach to peace research sets her apart as an important scholar and activist in ...