The Intermediate Community-2 A Behavioral / Bargaining Win-Win-Win Papakonstantinidis Approach for Conflict Resolution and Acceptance at the Local Level

Abstract

The paper explores the Nash’ equilibrium in the bargain, through the disagreement and conflict situations, in the case of the local development process. Special focus is given to the empathy within and during the bargain in the frame of the tripartite win-win-win perception, i.e [identity-social justice, community justice] with the Community in the Role of the “Intermediate”, among bargainers. Social trust and social cohesion conditions (sensitization process) within the Community develop the necessity of building social capital at a local level. That presupposes that the local community builds up a “new local standard,” based on local people’s sensitized instant reflection behaviour. By its turn, sensitized behaviour must be considered in the frame of any “bargain”, between two, taking place inside the Community. “Instrumental rationality” has been proved to be the main obstacle toward the socio-sensitized behaviour in the bargain process. Hence, a scientific dialogue in the socio-philosophical level has been developed on how “instrumental rationality” should co-exist with the “sensitized behaviour” at local levels leading to a “society of citizens.” Thus, the resulted behaviour leads into the absolute cooperation, which steps on the same rules of globalization. The paper, then, argues that this resulted behaviour reflects the end point of the local development process.