Description
Book SynopsisThis book presents an interdisciplinary approach to conflict solution focusing on a very specific type of conflict, retributive conflicts . It is unique in the treatment of these and how relative measurement is used to find equilibrium solutions. The authors present an alternative process to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They do so in two ways that are different from past efforts. The first is by formally structuring the conflict and the second is the manner in which discussions were conducted and conclusions drawn. The approach will help create a solution and provide negotiators with a unique pathway to consider the thorny issues and corresponding concessions underlying the deliberations, together with their implementation.
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) provides a way to conflict solution with the participation of negotiators for the parties. It is a positive approach that makes it possible to reason and express feelings and judgments with numerical intensities to derive priorities. With the assistance of panels of Israeli participants and Palestinian participants brought together in 2006 to 2017, AHP was applied for the first time in a group setting to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The process makes it clear that moderation in different degrees by both sides is essential to arrive at acceptable agreements on concessions proposed and agreed upon by both sides.
Trade Review“This book will become a classic and the go-to reference handbook for negotiating retributive conflicts using the AHP approach. … The book is nicely printed by Springer and is pleasant to read.” (Enrique Mu, International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process, Vol. 13 (3), 2021)
Table of ContentsLaying the Groundwork.- The Middle East Conflict.- The Analytic Hierarchy Process.- Retributive Conflicts and the AHP.- Structuring the Hierarchy to Make Tradeoffs.- Lessons Learned.- The Pittsburgh Principles.- Implementation to the Principles.- The Palestinian Refugee Problem.- Strategic Communications.- Looking Ahead.
