Conflict: Human Needs Theory

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Needs as Analogues of Emotions....Pages 7-33
Meaningful Social Bonding as a Universal Human Need....Pages 34-59
The Biological Basis of Needs in World Society: The Ultimate Micro-Macro Nexus....Pages 60-88
Needs Theory, Social Identity and an Eclectic Model of Conflict....Pages 89-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Conflict and Needs Research....Pages 115-124
Social Conflicts and Needs Theories: Some Observations....Pages 125-148
Necessitous Man and Conflict Resolution: More Basic Questions About Basic Human Needs Theory....Pages 149-176
On Conflicts and Metaphors: Toward an Extended Rationality....Pages 177-201
Front Matter....Pages 204-204
Self-reflexivity and Freedom: Toward a Prescriptive Theory of Conflict Resolution....Pages 205-218
Human Needs and the Modernization of Poverty....Pages 219-234
Taking the Universality of Human Needs Seriously....Pages 235-256
The Role of Knowledge in Conflict Resolution....Pages 257-264
Processes of Governance: Can Governments Truly Respond to Human Needs?....Pages 265-282
Applying a Human Needs Perspective to the Practice of Conflict Resolution: The Israeli—Palestinian Case....Pages 283-297
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
International Development in Human Perspective....Pages 301-335
Basic Human Needs Theory: Beyond Natural Law....Pages 336-355
Back Matter....Pages 356-358