%0 Journal Article %T CONFLITOS SOCIAIS E S¨®CIO-AMBIENTAIS: PROPOSTA DE UM MARCO TE¨®RICO E METODOL¨®GICO %A Gloria Mar¨ªa Vargas %J Revista Sociedade & Natureza %D 2007 %I Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberl?ndia %X A theoretical and methodological approach to social conflict management and analysis thatcan be applied to environmental conflicts is presented, as well as a set of specific environmentalconflict characteristics. Based on the bibliography analysed, the topic is revisited stressingthe different approach strategies used and the conceptualizations on conflicts that stem fromthem. The theoretical background that support these approaches and the ways conflicts areunderstood are used in order to propose a framework to understand and deal with social andenvironmental conflicts. %K Social conflicts %K Environmental conflicts %K Conflict Management. %U http://www.sociedadenatureza.ig.ufu.br/include/getdoc.php?id=468&article=148&mode=pdf