The Win-Win Solution

by Brams, Steven J.; Taylor, Alan D.

• ISBN13: 9780393047295
• ISBN10: 0393047296
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Summary

Brams and Taylor bring a patent-pending procedure that assures that both parties of a conflict negotiation can walk away with as much of the "win-win" potential as possible.

Author Biography

Steven J. Brams is Professor of Politics at New York University Alan D. Taylor is Marie Louise Bailey Professor of Mathematics at Union College

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(18)
Fair-Division Stories	1	(8)
The Setting	9	(4)
Criteria of Satisfaction	13	(3)
Rules and the Strategies	16	(3)
Strict Alternation	19	(17)
Taking Turns	19	(2)
The Bottom-up Strategy	21	(3)
Assessment	24	(3)
Extensions to Three or More Parties	27	(7)
Recommendations	34	(2)
Balanced Alternation	36	(17)
The Query Step	36	(2)
Taking Turns Taking Turns Taking Turns...	38	(6)
Assessment	44	(1)
Extensions to Three or More Parties	45	(6)
Recommendations	51	(2)
Divide-and-Choose	53	(16)
History	53	(2)
Strategy	55	(3)
Symmetricizing Divide-and-Choose	58	(3)
Assessment	61	(1)
Extensions to Three or More Parties	62	(4)
Recommendations	66	(3)
Adjusted Winner	69	(20)
Idea of Adjusted Winner	70	(1)
Description	71	(6)
Assessment	77	(2)
Strategy	79	(4)
Extensions to Three or More Parties	83	(3)
Recommendations	86	(3)
Adjusted Winner: Application to Camp David	89	(20)
Issues at Camp David	89	(9)
Practical Considerations	98	(8)
Fairness of the Camp David Agreement	106	(3)
Adjusted Winner: Individual Disputes	109	(15)
Divorce	110	(8)
Presidential Debates	118	(6)
Adjusted Winner: Business and International Disputes	124	(19)
Mergers	125	(8)
The Spratly Islands Dispute	133	(10)
Which Procedure is Best?	143	(5)
Non--Adjusted Winner Procedures	143	(1)
Adjusted Winner	144	(1)
Which One to Pick	145	(3)
Glossary	148	(4)
Sources	152	(8)
References	160	(7)
Index	167