Multiple Perspectives in Conflict Settings: An Introduction

Abstract: In this introduction to the special thematic section, we discuss the pre-eminent research orientation in the social and political psychology of peace and conflict, its current critiques, and what more multiple perspectives can add to the field. First, we outline key characteristics of the ‘simple road’ to conflict settings: a simple, often binary, definition of the sides involved, a focus on one conflict-induced negative outcome and on one causal pathway leading to it, and a motivation to derive policy recommendations from empirical findings. Second, we discuss constructivist, normative, ecological, and pragmatic critiques of the ‘simple road’, as four distinct strands grounded in different epistemological assumptions, but converging on the account that research priorities need to be revised and methodologies be expanded. Third, engaging with the fundamental questions raised by the critiques, we make a plea for more multiple perspectives: for multiple voices among research particip.... https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/5169

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Multiple Perspectives in Conflict Settings: An Introduction ; volume:7 ; number:2 ; day:18 ; month:12 ; year:2019 ; Journal of social and political psychology ; 7, Heft 2 (18.12.2019)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Elcheroth, Guy ; Penic, Sandra ; Usoof, Ramila ; Reicher, Steve

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/jspp.v7i2.1333
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021032004280594855885
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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