Power and Conflict: Toward A General Theory (Violence, Cooperation, Peace)

In Power and Conflict the author defines social conflict as the `international mutual exchange of negative sanctions, or punitive behaviors, by two or more parties, which may be individuals, corporate actors, or more loosely knit quasi-groups.′ In building this general theory, Blalock discusses the generalities of a power framework, analyzes the ideology of conflict, defines the reactive and dynamic processes, and summarizes the various arguments by creating a general model of conflict.