ABC TRIANGLE

In a conflict, the violent behaviour we see has its roots in people’s attitudes and the political-economic context. The ABC triangle is a simple framework for exploring the impact and causes of conflict. You should complete one triangle for each of the major groups involved in the conflict.

If you are working in conflict, you can use the triangle to answer questions like:

·       How will our work be affected by the behaviours we have identified? Will it affect any of the contextual factors that drive the conflict?

·       How will our staff and our work be perceived by each group, given the attitudes we have identified?

If you are working on conflict, you can also use the triangle to answer:

·       How can our work restore relationships by addressing negative attitudes?

·       How can our work improve the contextual factors that are driving the conflict?

Behaviour

Examples

·       riots

·       bombings

·       mass imprisonment

·       denial of human rights

Attitude

Examples

·       fear of losing power

·       resentment about historical wrongs

·       negative stereotypes

·       ethnic or religious hatred

Context

Examples

·       unjust land ownership

·       lack of jobs/opportunities

·       scarce natural resources

·       unequal political representation

Root and branch

Sometimes violent conflict is shallow or apparent – the roots of the violence are not deep, perhaps based in a misunderstanding.

In other contexts, there may be little violent behaviour, but there are deep-rooted problems in people’s attitudes and the context. This is a latent conflict, where it is essential to address the roots of conflict before they lead to actual violence.

The most difficult kind of conflict is persistent conflict, in which violence is both visible and deep-rooted.

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Треугольник конфликта (или ABC треугольник) - это модель, исследующая причины и последствия конфликта .

Теория была создана Йоханом Галтунгом и была опубликована в Журнале исследований мира в 1969 году. ^[2] При использовании треугольника выделяют три аспекта конфликтной ситуации: на вершине находится B или Behaviour-Поведение (действия людей, их высказывания, оскорбления и т. д.), на вершинах A -Attitude-Отношения (оно включает в себя чувства, предрассудки и убеждения) и C - Contradiction-Противоречие ^[3] или Context-Контекст. ^[4] Последний определяется неравенством положения вовлеченных в конфликт сторон, территориальными или экономическими спорами. ^[5]

Треугольник конфликта используется для анализа всех типов конфликтных ситуаций, включая конфликты с множеством участников