Eleven Big Ideas About Conflict: A Superficial Guide for the Thoughtful Journalist

10 Pages Posted: 2 Sep 2009 Last revised: 22 Sep 2015

Date Written: June 30, 2007

Abstract

When Professor Richard Reuben asked me to speak about the most basic ideas in conflict resolution to a group that included renowned journalists and journalism scholars, I balked. Surely these notions would seem too obvious, mundane, or superficial. But Richard - a practicing journalist for many years as well as an expert on conflict - assured me that the audience would find most of them surprising and useful. I hope he is correct.

I plan to present eleven ideas from the dispute resolution literature that I find particularly helpful in my work and life and which I think any journalist would benefit from knowing. The list is a bit idiosyncratic, reflecting my own peculiar journey in the academic and professional worlds of conflict, which has leaned toward the kinds of disputes in which lawyers routinely get involved. So I make no claim that these are the top eleven ideas, and I hope that other commentators will supplement and amend this list.

Keywords: dispute resolution, ADR, conflict

Suggested Citation

Riskin, Leonard L., Eleven Big Ideas About Conflict: A Superficial Guide for the Thoughtful Journalist (June 30, 2007). Journal of Dispute Resolution, Vol. 2007, No. 1, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1465147

Leonard L. Riskin (Contact Author)

University of Florida Levin College of Law ( email )

P.O. Box 117625
Gainesville, FL 32611-7625
United States

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law ( email )

375 E. Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60611
United States

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