ISBN:
9780415660747
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (159 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management
Parallel Title:
Print version International Mediation Bias and Peacemaking : Taking Sides in Civil Wars
DDC:
303.6/4
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book examines the effect of biased and neutral mediators in civil wars.Based on analysis of both global data and case studies of contemporary peace processes, including India and Norway in Sri Lanka, China in Cambodia, US in Israel/Palestine, and Russia in Georgia, the book makes two main contributions. First, it explores the role of biased mediators in contemporary peace processes. The author develops a theory explaining why biased mediators are more effective than their neutral counterparts and the book identifies four different mechanisms through which biased mediators can be effective
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of tables; Preface; Introduction; Part I Theory; 1 What is mediation success?; 2 Problems with unbiased mediators; 3 Why biased mediators bring peace institutions; Part II Empirics; 4 The effects of mediators on peace institutions: statisticalan alyses; 5 Getting the government to make concessions: India and Norway in Sri Lanka; 6 Facilitator and guarantor: Malaysia in the Philippines; 7 Making (almost) the most of a special relationship: US mediation in Camp David II
Description / Table of Contents:
8 From warmongers to peacemakers: biased mediators in Cambodia9 Security guarantees as "peacekeeping": Russia in Abkhazia; Part III Conclusions; 10 A new role for unbiased mediators?; 11 The prospects for, and the problems of, biased mediation; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
