@article {Ross:1 November 2000:0141-9870:1002,
	author = "Ross M.H.",
	title = "Creating the conditions for peacemaking: theories of practice in ethnic conflict resolution",
	journal = "Ethnic and Racial Studies",
	volume = "23",
	year = "1 November 2000",
	abstract = "Establishing the conditions for effective intergroup peacemaking is a formidable task in severe ethnic conflicts. Conflict resolution practitioners argue that a critical first step is developing preconditions which convince competing groups that there are opponents to whom it is worth talking, that it is possible to create structural changes conducive to a stable peace, and that an agreement is possible which can meet each side's basic concerns and needs. This article compares six theories of practice of ethnic conflict resolution: community relations, principled negotiation; human needs; psychoanalytically rooted identity; intercultural miscommunications and conflict transformation, examining how each understands ethnic conflict; the goals it articulates; the effects of good practice on participants in interventions; the mechanisms by which the project achieves its impact; and the dynamics of transfer affecting the course of a wider conflict. It is argued that clearer articulation of these assumptions will improve both theory and practice in the search for settlements to severe ethnic conflict.",
	pages = "1002-1034(33)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/rers/2000/00000023/00000006/art00003"
}