Violence or Conflict? | WPVHC (2024)

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What is difference between violence and conflict? ›

Conflicts are typically temporary, isolated events and are generally resolved by rational means. While conflict can be a precursor to violence most conflicts resolve positively and do not progress to violence.

Violent conflict Civil war, political violence, rebellion, anti- governmental violence, raiding, domestic violence, violent crime (murder, rape) A violent conflict involves at least two parties using physical force to resolve competing claims or interests.

Overall, violence is almost never the right answer because it brings in more violence, affects younger generations in negative ways and because there are always alternative responses. Learning to act and respond in nonviolent ways can not only ease a conflict but even save lives.

Permissive conditions are underlying factors that make a conflict prone to violence. Proximate causes are catalytic factors that trigger a violence-prone conflict situation to turn violent.

Tell the other person directly that you don't want to fight—that you want to resolve the situation in an friendly manner. Apologize for anything that you might have done that offended the other person (even if you don't think you did anything offensive).

Two political candidates campaign against each other. Two college students have a crush on the same person. An entrepreneur discovers that her most trusted employee is building a competing business. A new mother and her mother-in-law battle over the "right way" to care for a new baby.

In its most basic form, nonviolence is refusing to use violence. It is important, though, to recognize that violence manifests in many forms. Different approaches to peacemaking and nonviolence respond to the different types of violence.

Some common synonyms of conflict are contention, discord, dissension, strife, and variance.

Does conflict have to be violent? ›

Through Nonviolent Communication (NVC), I've come to understand that conflict is inevitable; it's part of human life. What isn't inevitable is the violence that can accompany it. With empathy, honesty and creativity I have found nonviolent ways to deal with conflict when it arises.

It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones. Violence is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding: it seeks to annihilate rather than convert.

It is common for those who act violently to have difficulty controlling their emotions. For some, behaviour can be attributed to past abuse or neglect, false beliefs that intimidating others will gain them respect, or a belief that using violence will solve his or her problems.

Conflicts may arise because of goal incompatibility, barriers to goal achievement, competition for use of limited resources, inter-personal differences, project priorities, or other causes related to research activities (EXHIBIT 12). The underlying cause of most conflicts is lack of communication.

Examples of negative outcomes include the following: Increased stress and anxiety among individuals, which decreases productivity and satisfaction. Feelings of being defeated and demeaned, which lowers individuals' morale and may increase turnover.

Theories of Violent Conflict takes the centrality of the 'group' as an actor in contemporary conflict as a point of departure, leaving us with three main questions: What makes a group? Why and how does a group resort to violence? Why and how do or don't they stop?

A conflict is a fight between armed troops. War is the hostility towards other parties issued officially by governments/states.

Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.