caa a22 4500 388028327 CHVBK 20180307124942.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199806 xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/420249 doi S1049096500054238 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.2307/420249 Kelman Herbert C. Harvard University Interactive Problem Solving: An Approach to Conflict Resolution and Its Application in the Middle East [Elektronische Daten] [Herbert C. Kelman] For more than 25 years, my colleagues and I have been developing and applying an unofficial, academically based, third-party approach to the analysis and resolution of international and ethnic conflicts, which I have come to call interactive problem solving. The approach is derived from the seminal work of John Burton (see Burton 1969, 1979, 1984; Kelman 1972). It is anchored in social-psychological principles and follows a scholar/practitioner model. Our practice is informed by theoretical analyses and empirical studies of international conflict, social influence, and group interaction. The experience gained in practice, in turn, contributes to theory building and to the evaluation and refinement of our intervention model. The work thus represents an integration and continuing interaction between practice, research, and theory building. The fullest—in a sense, the paradigmatic—application of the approach is represented by problem-solving workshops, which bring together politically influential members of conflicting parties in a private, confidential setting for direct, noncommittal communication. Workshops are designed to enable the parties to explore each other's perspective and, through a joint process of creative problem solving, to generate new ideas for mutually satisfactory solutions to their conflict. The ultimate goal is to transfer the insights and ideas gained from these interactions into the political debate and decision-making processes in the two communities. Problem-solving workshops are not negotiating sessions and they are not intended to simulate and certainly not to substitute for official negotiations. Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1998 PS: Political Science & Politics Cambridge University Press 31/2(1998-06), 190-198 1049-0965 31:2<190 1998 31 PSC https://doi.org/10.2307/420249 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/420249 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Kelman Herbert C. Harvard University NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- PS: Political Science & Politics Cambridge University Press 31/2(1998-06), 190-198 1049-0965 31:2<190 1998 31 PSC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge