A final set of questions, which need to be answered prior to developing 

 these strategies, has to do with the types and distribution of power among the 

 participants. It is here that the analyst attempts to answer the questions: 

 Given the distribution of preferences for both process and outcome among the 

 participants, and differing levels of intensity with which these preferences 

 are likely to be pursued, how much power will these organizations have at 

 their disposal to do so? What types of power will come into play? What 

 relationships (especially in terms of power coalitions that are in agreement 

 regarding preferences for process or outcome) are likely to develop among 

 these organizations? If an organization, for example, is confronted with a 

 powerful coalition that is intensely interested in the conflict (whatever the 

 nature of that coalition), the strategies it chooses are very likely to be 

 quite different than if no coalition existed. That is, if the organization 

 expects to have any degree of successful participation at all. 



The following chapter introduces the computerized model developed for 

 gathering information about a conflict and the organizations involved. 



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