Keywords
dynamical system model of intractable conflict
qualitative research
interpretative phenomenologycal analysis
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Abstract
The paper presents a psychosocial approach to Basque Country conflict from the dynamical system model of conflict (Coleman, 2006). Research was make throughout 60 interviews fulfilled with people of different sectors of basque society, and were analyzed by categorization content analysis and by interpretative fhenomenologycal analysis. Results point to five central elements of conflict: violence manifestations and there legitimation forms, violation of Basic Human Needs, negative interdependence of collective identities, political and ideological issues. Three additional factors are also mentionated –social polarization, emotional and cognitive issues-. Finally, we explain the whole dates about basque conflict throughout dynamic/ systemic model.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights. Approving the intervention of the work (review, copy-editing, translation, layout) and the following outreach, are granted through an use license and not through an assignment of rights. This means the journal and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana cannot be held responsible for any ethical malpractice by the authors. As a consequence of the protection granted by the use license, the journal is not required to publish recantations or modify information already published, unless the errata stems from the editorial management process. Publishing contents in this journal does not generate royalties for contributors.