{"product_id":"international-conflict-mediation-9780415453097","title":"International Conflict Mediation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternational conflict mediation has become one of, if not the most prominent and important conflict resolution methods of the early 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century. This book argues that traditional approaches to mediation have been inadequate, and that in order to really understand how the process of international mediation works, studies need to operate within an explicit theoretical framework, adopt systematic empirical approaches and use a diversity of methods to identify critical interactions, contexts and relationships. This volume captures recent important changes in the field of international conflict mediation, and includes essays by leading scholars on a variety of critical aspects of conflict management, using state of the art analytical tools and up to da\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1: New Approaches, Methods, and Findings in the Study of Mediation \u003cem\u003eJacob Bercovitch and Scott Gartner\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Mediation Strategy \u003c\/strong\u003e2: Is There Method in the Madness of Mediation? Some Lessons for Mediators from Quantitative Studies of Mediation \u003cem\u003eJacob Bercovitch and Scott Gartner\u003c\/em\u003e 3: Third-Party Intermediaries and Negotiated Settlements, 1946–2000 \u003cem\u003eDerrick V. Frazier and William J. Dixon\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Mediator Type \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA. Bias and Information \u003c\/strong\u003e4: Credibility and Strategy in International Mediation \u003cem\u003eZeev Maoz and Lesley G. Terris \u003c\/em\u003e5: Mediator Types and the Effectiveness of Information Provision Strategies \u003cem\u003eBurcu Savun \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB. UN \u0026amp; Neutrality \u003c\/strong\u003e6: Guaranteeing Peace: The Credibility of Third-Party Mediators in Civil Wars\u003cem\u003e Isak Svensson \u003c\/em\u003e7: Choosing Sides: UN Resolutions and Non-Neutrality \u003cem\u003eMichelle Benson and Nil Satana \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Dispute and Crisis Types \u003c\/strong\u003e8: Softening Up: Making Conflicts More Amenable to Diplomacy \u003cem\u003eJ. Michael Greig and Paul F. Diehl\u003c\/em\u003e 9: Power Play: Mediation in Symmetric and Asymmetric International Crises \u003cem\u003eDavid Quinn, Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Kathleen Smarick and Victor Asal \u003c\/em\u003e10: Protracted Conflict and Crisis Mediation: a Contingency Approach\u003cem\u003e David Carment, Yiagadeesen Samy and Souleima EL Achkar \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: The Conflict Management Environment \u003c\/strong\u003e11: Practicing Democratic Community Norms: Third Party Conflict Management and Successful Settlements \u003cem\u003eSara McLaughlin Mitchell, Kelly M. Kadera, Mark J.C. Crescenzi \u003c\/em\u003e12: Philippine and Taiwanese Legal Mediation \u003cem\u003eJames Wall, Tsungting Chung, Daniel Druckman and Wan Yan \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart V: Data\u003c\/strong\u003e 13: Conflict and Mediation Event Observations (CAMEO): An Event Data Framework for a Post Cold War World \u003cem\u003eDeborah J. Gerner, Philip A. Schrodt and Ömür Yilmaz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402121683287,"sku":"9780415453097","price":137.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/international-conflict-mediation-9780415453097","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}