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This comparison of labor and ethnic conflict in Israel is intended to substantiate two theses. The first maintains that ideologies have more to do with patterning conflict than merely with legitimizing interests and counterinterests; specifically, that when ideological commitments and interests do not coincide, this will lead to ambiguities, i.e., to activities which work at cross-purposes to each other. The second thesis is that when an Establishment is confronted by conflict, it may develop certain patterns of conflict absorption by which the conflict is neither suppressed nor yet allowed to generate any substantial social changes. These patterns usually include symbolic reassurances; devices for attenuating demands and for depleting the aggrieved parties' ranks; partial responsiveness; and maintenance of the Establishment itself and the basic framework of the society relatively unchanged.

Property concerns conflicts – both conflicts between individuals and conflicts of interest. Conflicts between individuals have long been the paradigmatic property focus. According to this view, property debates circle around issues of autonomy and productive competition. But this is an impoverished view. In this Article, we shift attention to conflicts of interest. By helping people manage conflicts of interest, a well-governed property system balances interdependence with autonomy and productive cooperation with productive competition. We identify three mechanisms woven throughout property law that help manage conflicts of interest: (1) internalization of externalities; (2) democratization of management; and (3) de-escalation of transactions. We show that property law predictably selects among these mechanisms depending on the ratio of economic to social benefits that people seek from a group resource. When economic concerns predominate, property law typically uses contribution-based allocations of rights and responsibilities mediated by formal, foreground procedures, while at the social end of the spectrum we tend to see more egalitarian substantive rules operating as an informal, background safety net.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: Introduction -- 1. Conflict: An Approach to the Study of Japan -- 2. Conflict and Its Accommodation: Omote-Ura and Uchi-Soto Relations -- PART II: Conflict in Interpersonal Relations: Individuals, Families, and Villages -- 3. Nonconfrontational Strategies for Management of Interpersonal Conflicts -- 4. Analysis of Conflict in a Television Home Drama -- 5. Spirit Possession and Village Conflict -- PART III: Conflict in Movements and Organizations: Labor, Education, and Women -- 6. Conflict and Its Resolution in Industrial Relations and Labor Law -- 7. Conflict in Institutional Environments: Politics in Education -- 8. Student Conflict -- 9 Status Conflict: The Rebellion of the Tea Pourers -- PART IV: Conflict in the Political Process: Parties, Bureaucracy, and Interest Groups -- 10. Conflict in the Diet: Toward Conflict Management in Parliamentary Politics -- 11. Policy Conflict and Its Resolution tvithin the Governmental System -- 12. Conflict over Government Authority and Markets: Japan's Rice Economy -- PART V: Conclusion -- 13. Conflict and Its Resolution in Postwar Japan -- Contributors -- Index

This study examined direct and indirect associations between overt and covert interparental conflict (IPC), parent—child conflict, and their links to youth problem behaviors. Data were collected from a sample of 641 school-age youth, ages 12 to 18 years, using a school-based survey. Analyses yielded direct positive linkages from overt IPC to antisocial behavior and from covert IPC to depression and antisocial behavior. When parent—child conflict was added to the model, significant direct associations were again observed between covert conflict and depression, with significant indirect effects through increased parent—child conflict. Likewise, significant direct associations were observed between overt conflict and antisocial behavior, with significant indirect effects through increased parent—child conflict. Although there was little variance in the findings when contextualized, youth ratings of religiosity were moderately and negatively associated with antisocial behavior. These findings document distinct pathways in the spillover of IPC to parent—child relations and youth well-being.

In the final chapter of the collection, the author suggests that an alternative research agenda should be developed, one that focuses on generating information with "practical relevance to conflict prevent." After discussing the weaknesses of the current orthodoxy on violent conflict and conflict prevention in sub-Saharan Africa, the author addresses the major challenges faced by conflict prevention. Finally, the author concludes by exploring why a focus on violence and agency rather than conflict and cause is necessary, and how the tenants of cultural studies and post-modern sociology can be applied.