This article attemps to clarify the conflict-relevant terms and concepts at first. There are two sociological approaches in the studies of social conflict : the social relations' or “micro” approach and “ystem” or “macro” one. From the micro viewpoint we treat conflict as a type of dyad relations, which are classified into three phases of interest correlation : (a) opposition, (b) association and (c) dissociation. Attention to the difference in power and other mobilizing resources between parties provides us with five ideal types of interaction process : (1) conflict and (2) repressive domination process in opposition phase, (3) reciprocal domination and (4) cooperation process in association, and (5) parallel process in dissociation.
Secondly we present a transitional process model of dyad relations. Conflict relation changes to any other process and any process also changes to conflict, depending on the interest correlation of dyad and the decision of each.
What affects the decision to use the conflicting behavior as the protest? Relative deprivation, cost-benefit balance or mobilizing the resources? Finally we try to integrate these recent approaches and examine some of the tactical problems and dilemmas that confront the parties in pre-conflict and conflict process, especially the inferior party for his success. Some hypotheses are suggested on conflict and the relevant process.