Conflict has characteristics of its own, and it is possible to analyse its structure and behaviour. When conflict is understood, it 's easier to find ways to predict it, prevent it, transform it, and resolve it. Conflict is been defined as an expression of disagreement over something important to both (or all) sides of a dispute. The first important thing to grasp is that it is entirely dependent on the people involved. It depends on their having a particular point of view, which may or may not have independent facts and evidence to support it, and on how they behave when they encounter an opposing point of view. Violence is only one kind of conflict-behaviour, of course.
The manner in which our societies are been organised can create both the root causes of conflict and the conditions in which it 's likely to occur. Any society which is organised so that some people are treated unequally and unjustly is likely to erupt into conflict, especially if its leaders don 't represent all the members of that society. If an unequal and unjust society is reformed, then conflicts will be rare. As individuals we all tend to have basic needs. Everyone needs to be recognised as an individual with a
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