International Conflict Mediation : New Approaches and Findings

by Bercovitch, Jacob; Gartner, Scott Sigmund

• ISBN13: 9780203885130
• ISBN10: 0203885139
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134054145
• Copyright: 2008-12-10
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Summary

This book examines how new empirical approaches to mediation can shed fresh light on the effectiveness of different patterns of conflict management, and offers guidelines on the process of international mediation.

Table of Contents

New Approaches, Methods, and Findings in the Study of Mediation

Mediation Strategy

Is There Method in the Madness of Mediation? Some Lessons for Mediators from Quantitative Studies of Mediation

Third-Party Intermediaries and Negotiated Settlements, 1946-2000

Mediator Type

Bias and Information

Credibility and Strategy in International Mediation

Mediator Types and the Effectiveness of Information Provision Strategies

UN & Neutrality

Guaranteeing Peace: The Credibility of Third-Party Mediators in Civil Wars

Choosing Sides: UN Resolutions and Non-Neutrality

Dispute and Crisis Types

Softening Up: Making Conflicts More Amenable to Diplomacy

Power Play: Mediation in Symmetric and Asymmetric International Crises

Protracted Conflict and Crisis Mediation: a Contingency Approach

The Conflict Management Environment

Practicing Democratic Community Norms: Third Party Conflict Management and Successful Settlements

Philippine and Taiwanese Legal Mediation

Data

Conflict and Mediation Event Observations (CAMEO): An Event Data Framework for a Post Cold War World

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