International conflict mediation [ new approaches and findings

Examines how various empirical approaches to mediation can focus on the effectiveness of different patterns of conflict management, and offers guidelines on the process of international mediation. This book captures changes in the field of international conflict mediation, and includes essays on a v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bercovitch, Jacob (Author), Gartner, Scott Sigmund , 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, UK : Routledge , c2009
Series:Security and conflict management 3
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. New approaches, methods and findings in the study of mediation
  • 2. Is there method in the madness of mediation? Some lessons for mediators from quantitative studies of mediation
  • 3. Third-party intermediaries and negotiated settlements, 1946-2000
  • 4. Credibility and strategy in international mediation
  • 5. Mediator types and the effectiveness of information-provision strategies in the resolution on international conflict
  • 6. Guaranteeing peace: the credibility of third-party mediators in civil wars
  • 7. Choosing sides: UN resolutions and non-neutrality
  • 8. Softening up: making conflicts more amenable to diplomacy
  • 9. Power play: mediation in symmetric and asymmetric international crises
  • 10. Protracted conflict and crisis mediation: a contingency approach
  • 11. Practicing democratic community norms: third-party conflict management and successful settlements
  • 12. Philippine and Taiwanese legal mediation
  • 13. Conflict and mediation event observations (CAMEO): an event data framework for a post-Cold War world