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A relationship of disagreement, transformed into a relationship of confrontation or struggle by the fact that one of the persons or parties seeks to obstruct or impose its positions by the balance of power against the expectations or needs, projects or interests, values or beliefs, or rights of the other party.
Definitions related to conflict regulation
Disagreement turns into conflict when the other is perceived as the one whose desires oppose my own desires, whose projects contradict my own projects, whose rights encroach on my own rights, whose freedom threatens my own freedom, whose existence challenges my own existence.
Source: Prof. Jean-Marie Muller, IRNC (Institute for Research on Non-Violent Conflict Resolution)
A conflict is a disagreement, transformed into a power struggle, between two or more people or groups.
Source: adapted from Frédéric Roth, Le Conflit.
There are several types of conflict:
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Conflicting needs (emotional needs, vital needs: food, water, space, etc.)
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conflicts of interest (personal, social, financial, political, ecological projects, etc.)
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conflicts of values (human, religious, freedom, lifestyle, etc.)
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conflicts over rights.