what is the structural approach to conflict resolution?

Answer 1

CICR, as part of an international network of scholars and researchers, has established an International Research Project on Regional Autonomy of Ethnic Minorities to explore systems of political autonomy for ethnic minorities. The project supports sustained dialogue on three themes: assessment of the current state of autonomy systems; identification of issues of interest and concern; and shared lessons through comparative analysis.
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/cicr/research/index.html

Answer 2

First of all the conflict approach comes from Marxian theory. Conflict exists based on the division of labour. You have the elite group that own the means of production who are called the bourgeoisie and the wage earners called the Proletariat. This theory is also based on the substructure and the superstructure. The substructure is the means of production. The substructure determines the superstructure. Since the bourgeoisie own the means of production or the substructure, they determine how the superstructure will be which is our society. If we change the substructure than we change the superstructure. If everyone equally owns the means of production, then everyone has a say in the superstructure. Hope that helps.