This tool is firstly the summary of numerous field observations of processes that increase and decrease violence within human relationships and processes in groups and society.
These observations of conflictual processes (either negotiated or violent) have been elaborated by a transversal study of the three levels of violent phenomena and conflicts that are the individual, the structure and the culture. They have been confronted with to and enriched by the contributions of many researchers [1] and practitioners [2] and conceptualised in the Approach and constructive transformation of conflicts [in the orginal French l’Approche et transformation constructives des conflits ](ATCC cf. note 26)
It is possible to find many papers and summaries published on the site:
http://ieccc.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=15 / http://ieccc.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=23
[1] - Erich Fromm La passion de détruire R. Laffont 1973;
– Carl Rogers Le développement de la personne Dunod 1971;
– Bruno Bettelheim Le coeur conscient Laffont 1977;
– Daniel Goleman L’intelligence émotionnelle. Comment transformer ses émotions en intelligence R. Laffont 1997;
– Antonio R. Damasio L’erreur de Descartes La raison des émotions Ed O. Jacob 1995;
– R. Girard Le bouc émissaire. Grasset 1982;
[2] - M.K. Gandhi, Résistance non violente, Buchet Chastel, 1994;
– C. Portelance, La communication authentique. Ed du CRAM Québec 1998;
– C. Rojzman, La peur, la haine et la démocratie Introduction à une thérapie sociale Épi-DDB 1992;
– M. Rosenberg, Les mots sont des fenêtres Initiation à la communication non-violente Syros 1999;
– S. Alinsky Le manuel de l’animateur social, Seuil 1976