Abstract
Clarke points out some strategies that have been used in the Collaborative Change Approach to group-conflict resolution that are designed to help depolarize the competing sides' stances toward one another. In order to try to break down the hostility between the groups, Clarke brings together each identity or stakeholder group in order to share with one another why each group cares passionately about the issue. Clarke provides the example of a groundfishery conflict that involved recreational fishermen, commercial fishermen, environmentalists, researchers, and government officials. The interests of each of these groups conflicted, but no group had morally problematic motivations or values, and it aided discussions to make that clear at the outset.
Citation
Meghan Clarke,
Polarization: The Role of Emotions in Reconciliation Efforts,
72 Law and Contemporary Problems
27-32
(Spring 2009)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol72/iss2/3