Members of the Church Council of Greater Seattle decided that the school desegregation plan adopted by that city in 1977 is workable and will help to end racial inequalities in education. This curriculum guide on desegregation issues is intended for use in a 2-9 week series of adult education classes in area churches. It is divided into nine…

Because negotiation channels creative energy and uses student ideas for the benefit of the school, it can create an environment more conducive to teaching and learning than the repressive environments that cause petty irritations, repeated disruptions, violence, and vandalism. (Author/IRT)

Describes the successful efforts, it is stated, of one high school in reducing the incidence of intergroup conflict: the school, consisting of approximately 1800 students with large segments of blacks, Puerto Ricans, Italian Americans, and Jews, was plagued in 1968 by major outbreaks of intergroup violence. (Author/JM)

The conflict between the interests of commercial outfitters and private boaters in the use of whitewater rivers is examined. A discussion is presented on the literature on scarcity, allocation, and conflict among groups. These concepts are applied to the allocation of public resources on whitewater rivers. The conflicting interest groups are…

The major purpose of this study is to further understanding of conflict management in educational governance. The study compares and contrasts the conflict management behaviors of 52 superintendents and 52 city managers and the conditions that are associated with such behaviors. The sample was drawn from the San Francisco (California) and Chicago…

The paper discusses and analyzes negotiations between the Warsaw Pact and NATO nations to reduce military forces in Central Europe. These negotations have taken place in Vienna since 1973. Material is organized in three major sections. Section I offers a general survey of the political and strategic context within which the negotiations have taken…

This paper discusses the Korean problem, not as an aspect of the East-West conflict, but as a world order problem. The paper is one of a series commissioned by the World Order Models Project in its effort to stimulate research, education, dialogue, and political action which will contribute to a movement for a just world order. The first part of…

Interorganizational structures may have elements that promote or reduce stress and conflict among participants. This study identified such elements in an interorganizational structure that was classified as a loosely coupled system. The interorganizational structure examined was the Internships, Certification, Equity-Leadership, and Support (ICES)…

The grievance procedure in higher education and the problem of conflict resolution are approached from a multi-dimensional standpoint. Collective bargaining is presented as both an exacerbator of the litigious nature of college and university relations and as a formal vehicle for conflict resolution within academe. The need for extra-contractual…

The purpose of this paper is to report on the role of advocacy in the urban milieu. It explores the following areas: (1) history and current status of advocacy; (2) review of some advocacy efforts; and (3) significance of the Advocate Counseling Model, a legal and therapeutic counseling model to help people to advocate for themselves. It is of…

Variations in psychological goals for recreation participation are explored, both between and within activity categories, and related to differences in conflict perception. Support for a "goal interference" model of conflict is found. According to this model, when recreation goals are incompatible, behaviors arising out of one set of…