Approaches to Conflict (eBook)

Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk is full professor of English language and linguistics and head of the Department of Research into Language, Literature, and Translation at the State University of Applied Sciences.Stephen M. Croucher is professor and head of the School of Communication, Journalism, and Marketing at Massey University.Paul A. Wilson is professor in the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Lodz.

ContentsChapter 1 – Introducing Approaches to ConflictChapter 2 – A Conflict Model of Communication Theory John E. LaMuth Chapter 3 – Changes in conflict over time: A longitudinal examination of conflict style approaches Stephen M. Croucher Chapter 4 – How do emotions impact conflicts? A neuroscientific perspective François Bogacz & Olga M. Klimecki Chapter 5 – The Role of Shame in Conflict: A cross-cultural PerspectivePaul A. Wilson Chapter 6 – Adolescent girls in China: Managing conflicts in gender role expectationsKara Chan, Yu Leung Ng, Jingjie Zhang, and Zhijuan ChenChapter 7 – Goal vs. relationship-based negotiation: A comparative study between American, Chinese, and Polish negotiators Michał Chmielecki and Łukasz SułkowskiChapter 8 – Discourse, cognition, ideology: Critical-cognitive perspectives on ideological positioning and conflict dynamics in political discourse spacePiotr Cap Chapter 9 – Macro and micro argumentative structures in intercultural conflict: Discourse AnalysisOlga L. Antineskul and Tatiana M. Permyakova Chapter 10 – The foreigner, our fellow human being: The discursive means used in reports published in the Polish press to ‘humanize’ immigrants Maria Holubowicz Chapter 11 – Intergroup conflict, WTC and CA: Minority and majority groupsDiyako Rahmani Chapter 12 - Communicating emotions related to racial identity issues: A case studyEwa Bogdanowska-Jakubowska Chapter 13 - Standing alone: The long lasting consequences of Ijime and the need for diversity training” Alberto M. Albuquerque About the Editors and Contributors