Kriesberg, Louis

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KRIESBERG, Louis

KRIESBERG, Louis. American, b. 1926. Genres: International relations/Current affairs, Sociology. Career: Columbia University, NYC, Dept. of Sociology, instructor, 1953-56; University of Chicago, Dept. of Sociology, sr. fellow in law and the behavioral sciences, 1957-58, research associate, 1958-62; National Opinion Research Center, sr. study director, 1958-62; Syracuse University, professor of sociology, 1966-97, director, Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts, 1986-94, Maxwell Professor of Social Conflict Studies, 1994-97, professor emeritus of sociology, 1997-, Maxwell Professor Emeritus of Social Conflict Studies, 1997-. Publications: Mothers in Poverty: A Study of Fatherless Families, 1970; Social Conflicts, 1973; Social Inequality, 1979; International Conflict Resolution, 1992; Constructive Conflicts, 1998, 2nd ed., 2003. EDITOR: Social Processes in International Relations, 1968; Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, 14 vols., 1978-92; (with S. Thorsen and T. Northrup) Intractable Conflicts, 1989; (with S. Thorson) Timing the De-Escalation of International Conflicts, 1991. Address: Dept. of Sociology, 302 Maxwell Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]