ON THE USE OF THE SHAPLEY VALUE IN POLITICAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION

dc.creator	G.N. Engelbrecht
dc.creator	A.P. Vos
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:39Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:39Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/37-1-60
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a5c7672e94cf45cd801a20a2324421a2
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8380
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/a5c7672e94cf45cd801a20a2324421a2
dc.description	This article delineates generic causes to internal conflict and proposes a<br />coalition-forming methodology to allow for power sharing as one avenue of conflict<br />resolution. A suitable framework to study causes to internal conflict should, at least,<br />provide for big bad men versus people under pressure, recent versus historic events<br />and an internal versus an external emphasis that may be employed to understand the<br />rationale for internal conflict. As long as aggrieved parties are not allowed to<br />address their grievances adequately, political conflict will emerge and, if not<br />addressed timely, such conflict may lead to civil war. A conflict resolution<br />mechanism based on the Shapley value is proposed to deal with internal conflict.<br />The allocation of delegates, derived so that all parties have a say commensurate with<br />their support bases, should allow for formal consensus to take place more readily<br />than in cases where a particular party’s representation in such a forum dominates the<br />representation of the other parties. An algorithm to determine the number of votes or<br />seats allocated to each of the parties to ensure equitable power sharing is also given.<br />The causal reasons for internal conflict and the proposed methodology to deal<br />with such conflict was presented to prominent South African politicians and political<br />scientists for comment. A favourable response regarding their acceptance of the<br />methodology was elucidated.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/60
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 37, Iss 1 (2011)
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	ON THE USE OF THE SHAPLEY VALUE IN POLITICAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
dc.type	Article