Causes of Conflict in the Global Politics and in the Human Society: Huntington and Karlberg Grounded and Revisited for a New Theoretical Assertion

Treball final de Màster Universitari en Estudis Internacionals de Pau, Conflictes i Desenvolupament (Pla de 2013). Codi: SBG119. Curs acadèmic 2017-2018.This interdisciplinary research has been conceived to comprehend the conflict occurrences from our everyday lives to global politics to achieve some theoretical assertion by grounding two seminal works of literature from Huntington and Karlberg. Extended critical theory coupled with the Multi-Grounded Theory (MGT) and qualitative study design was adopted as a research framework. In order to achieve theoretical, empirical and internal grounding, the validity of these theories has been critically and vigorously contested. The theoretical assertion concludes that conflict occurrences are an evolving complex phenomenon occurring through the intertwined dynamics of three global codes namely identity, need and function. Further research is recommended to mitigate conflict occurrence