John Burton's theoretical work on conflict resolution has been highly influential in setting up conflict resolution as an academic discipline in its own right, which is very much needed in the modern globalised world because of the greater potential for disputes between different ethnic and religious communities. In Australia. Most recently, following his efforts to institutionalise further the field of conflict and conflict resolution (Burton, 1987; 1990ab; Burton and Dukes, 1990ab), his. And includes, initially, third party objectives: violent conflict prevention, management, settlement, resolution, and transformation (leading to Burton's provention).

Contents • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Burton was born in, the son of the Reverend John Wear Burton. Neopost Si 72 Manual there. He was educated at (1924–1932) and went on to graduate from the in 1937. Public service [ ] In 1937 he became a member of the Commonwealth Public Service from where he was granted a Commonwealth scholarship to pursue a at the. He joined the in 1941 and served as private secretary to. In 1947, aged 32, he became Secretary of the Department of External Affairs and held that position until June 1950. At the beginning of 1951 he took up the position of Australian High Commissioner to, but resigned to return home and contest the Federal election of that year in the electorate of.

As candidate he was beaten by, a future Prime Minister of Australia. Academic career [ ] While writing his first book, The Alternative, Burton farmed outside and in 1960 was awarded a fellowship at the. Radha Bawari Serial Cast more. Two years later the awarded him a grant to study neutralism in and. In 1963, while a Reader in International Relations at, he established the Centre for the Analysis of Conflict. He then went on to hold fellowships at numerous universities while living in Canberra.

Legacy [ ] In introducing Burton as a guest on, said; 'John Burton was probably the most controversial and visionary public servant of the 20th Century. Branded a pink eminence of the Labor Party by conservative critics, he was clearly one of the most important intellectuals and policy-makers associated with the Curtin Labor Government of the 1940s. As a close associate of 'Doc' Evatt and head of the department of External Affairs (now Foreign Affairs) he did more to shape Australian foreign policy towards Asia and the Pacific than any other person before or since.' John Burton's theoretical work on conflict resolution has been highly influential in setting up as an academic discipline in its own right, which is very much needed in the modern globalised world because of the greater potential for disputes between different ethnic and religious communities.