Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Part 1 The Problem: Impossible Conflicts
1 Conflict Resolution Methods That Work-and Why They Do Not Help with the 5 Percent 15
2 The 5 Percent Problem 26
Part 2 The Approach: The Attraction of Impossible Conflicts
3 The Big Idea: Complexity, Coherence, and Conflict 49
4 The Model: Intractable Attractors 77
Part 3 The Method: Resolving Impossible Conflicts
5 Getting Unattracted to Conflict: Three Practices 111
Practice I Complicate to Simplify 116
Practice II Build Up and Tear Down 146
Practice III Change to Stabilize 171
Part 4 The 5 Percent Solution: Putting It All Together
6 Realizing the Impossible in Mozambique and Beyond 187
Conclusion 218
Appendix A The Attractor Software 225
Appendix B Analytical Contents 231
Columbia University's International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) 243
Notes 247
Index 261