Power and Conflict: Toward A General Theory (Violence, Cooperation, Peace)

By Hubert M. Blalock Jr.

Book Overview

In Power and Conflict the author defines social conflict as the international mutual exchange of negative sanctions, or punitive behaviors, by two or more parties, which may be individuals, corporate actors, or more loosely knit quasi-groups.′ In building this general theory, Blalock discusses the generalities of a power framework, analyzes the ideology of conflict, defines the reactive and dynamic processes, and summarizes the various arguments by creating a general model of conflict.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803935943
• ISBN13: 9780803935945
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.