"The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics." - Russell (1938) "Communication is the manifest stage of conflict; that is, it surfaces as social interaction or as strategies and tactics. As such, communication seems bound by a set of presumed relationships between communication and conflict." - Putnam (2006) "In mediation, facework is the effort that participants and mediators put into managing face." - Littlejohn & Domenici (2006)
The selected quotations capture the essential elements of conflict: power,...
"The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics." - Russell (1938...