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1 As the Beyond Intractability.org project notes, “Intractability” is a controversial concept, which means different things to different people. Some people..dislike the term, as they see it as too negative: intractable conflicts are impossible to resolve, they say, so people think they are not worth dealing with...[Others believe, however, that] there is a set of conflicts out there that are hard to deal with.
'Protracted.' 'Destructive.' 'Deep-rooted.' 'Resolution-resistant.' 'Intransigent'. 'Gridlocked.' 'Identity-based.' 'Needs based.' 'Complex.' 'Difficult.' 'Malignant.' 'Enduring'... Aswe see it, intractable conflicts are those that lie at the frontier of the field—the conflicts that stubbornly seem to elude resolution, even when the best available techniques are applied. Examples abound: abortion, homosexual rights, and race relations in the United States; and the Israeli—Palestinian problem, Sri Lanka, and Kashmir (among many others) abroad. These conflicts are not hopeless, and they most certainly are worth dealing with. But they are very different from more tractable conflicts, such as most labor-management conflicts, some family conflicts, many workplace conflicts and even many international conflicts that can be successfully resolved through negotiation or mediation. Intractable conflicts need a different, more multi-faceted, and more prolonged approach.” http://(www.beyondintractability.org/essay/meaning_ intractability/?nid=1003)
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