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Welcome to the Web site for the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (CNCR). The Center is part of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, located at Civic Square, New Brunswick, New Jersey. CNCR is at the forefront of a movement that believes disputes can be settled by constructive negotiation and consensus-building and problem-solving approaches instead of by force or adversarial argument.
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Demonstrating the "what" and "how" of good work and good works, CBI sets a standard for the field of "conflict resolution" as it evolves to embrace integrative, participative decision-making (to reduce the incidence of conflict and its consequences) and to improve the prospects for solid, interest-based resolutions when conflicts do surface (as they inevitably will).
About CBI: Mission | CBI - Consensus Building Institute
www.cbuilding.org
The Consensus Building Institute (CBI) is a not-for-profit organization founded by leading practitioners and theory builders in the fields of negotiation and dispute resolution.
A rare invitation into the planning process has been afforded to residents of the Bronx, a chance to advance their visions of recreation and community. Another example of collaboration with a healthy dose of community engagement (and empowerment).
Good for you, New York City and Mayor deBlasio. You're trying to introduce equity into the park system and you're doing it with the input of the park's users!
Residents Get a Chance to Put Their Own Stamp on a Bronx Park
www.nytimes.com
Basketball courts, barbecues and grass are on the residents’ wish lists of things they’d like to see in the refurbished Lyons Square Playground.
Thinking about religion and violence. The United States Institute of Peace has a provocative discussion on its website that questions the straight-line connection between religion and violence that has been too readily accepted. Greater scrutiny is required. And, a new book, "Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence," makes the same point, asserting the presence of economic and political forces that may be masked by the existence of religious differences.
If we believe, as the book's author, Karen Armstrong, asserts, that "political differences can be resolved and religious ones cannot," our analysis of conflict has to be more certain. Otherwise, we may not seek resolution where it may be possible to achieve it.
Sources of Conflict: Religion or Economic and Political Power?
www.usip.org
“Religion just kept coming up.” “So many places in the world [and] so many press reports talk about Christians and Muslims being in conflict with each other, or Sunnis and Shias,” Smock, who also serves as USIP’s vice president for Governance, Law & Society, said in the September discussion. “And it…
When we seek to resolve conflicts, to provide remedies for wrong-doing, we need to be very careful about how confidentiality is used in the agreements that are reached, particularly when public courts 'bless' the settlements. Who is being protected? How are failures of mechanisms, instances of malpractice, cases of official misconduct (and so on) to end if we don't know about them? If the evidence is withheld? If the public doesn't get to know?
Resolving disputes that involve the public interest require sufficient transparency to see that justice is done, that public safety and health are not jeopardized.
No defense for GM's secrecy when safety is at stake: Opinion
www.nj.com
Settlements should not be used to shield public scrutiny