Intermediaries in International Conflict - Brossura

Princen, Thomas

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ISBN 10: 0691001634 ISBN 13: 9780691001630

Casa editrice: Princeton University Press, 2006

Riassunto

With increasing interest in mediation at both the domestic and international levels, considerable descriptive and prescriptive work has emerged. Few scholars, however, have attempted to critically evaluate the role mediators play in managing international conflicts. Thomas Princen does this by examining where mediation fits into the larger realm of diplomatic practice. Moreover, he goes beyond the usual state-centric focus to account for the mediating activities of a wide range of actors - from superpowers to small states, from international organizations to nongovernmental groups. A major theoretical finding is that the effect of intervention depends critically on the bargaining relationship the mediator has with the disputants. Somewhat paradoxically, those mediators with "bargaining power" are not always the most effective. In fact, the very "powerlessness" of some mediators enables them to do what powerful ones cannot - namely, affect the norms of interaction between disputants. Empirical findings show how mediation seen from the mediator's point of view deviates from idealized depictions and how an intermediary must define and negotiate a role constantly while trying to bring the disputants to agreement.

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"This book is a 'must read' for students of international negotiation and conflict resolution. Princen has systematically examined a dimension of international negotiation that traditionally has been explored primarily by historians and the legal profession, namely, the role mediators play in managing international conflict."--Linda P. Brady, American Political Science Review

"In the context of international politics, Princen provides enlightening answers to how intermediaries learn, how they develop their role, and how they function in the context of both the international system and domestic politics. The work draws from extensive contemporary research in the field of conflict resolution and will replace Oran R. Young's The Intermediaries: Third Parties in International Crises (1967) as the definitive text."--Choice

"Princen's book is an excellent--indeed, outstanding--work of its kind.... [Policymakers], like scholars, can draw on such work most profitably to deepen their understanding of this important international process."--Alan James, Survival

Contenuti

	List of Figures
	Preface
Pt. 1	The Nature of Intermediary Intervention
Ch. 1	Introduction: Intermediaries in International Conflict	3
	The Prevalence of Intermediary Intervention	4
	The Function of Intermediaries in International Conflict Management	7
	Intermediary Influence and the Study of International Relations and Negotiation	12
	Conclusion	16
Ch. 2	Third Parties: Principals and Neutrals	18
	Third-Party Interests and Capabilities	19
	The Target of Intervention	23
	Impediments to Reaching Agreement	27
	The Neutral's Dilemma	29
	Conclusion	30
Ch. 3	The Bases of Intermediary Influence: Reconfiguration, Proposal Making, and Information Pooling	32
	Bargaining Structure	32
	Third Parties and the Structure of the Bargain	36
	Conclusion	44
Ch. 4	The Intermediary's Decision Problems: Entry and Exit	46
	Direct Negotiations	47
	Intervention Question	47
	Intermediary Interests	48
	Entry Decision: Gaining Control	51
	Exit Decision: Urging Agreement	54
	Conclusion	59
Ch. 5	The Disputants' Decision Problems: Acceptance, Initiation, Role Bargaining	60
	Acceptance	60
	Initiation	63
	Role Bargain	64
	Conclusion	66
Pt. 2	Intermediary Intervention in Practice: Principal Mediators
Ch. 6	Camp David: Jimmy Carter Mediates between Israel and Egypt, 1977-1979	69
	The Case	70
	Analysis of Carter's Intervention	86
	Conclusion	104
Ch. 7	Portsmouth: Theodore Roosevelt Mediates between Russia and Japan, 1904-1984	107
	The Case	108
	Analysis of Roosevelt's Intervention	122
	Conclusion	129
Pt. 3	Intermediary Intervention in Practice: Neutral Mediators
Ch. 8	Vatican: Pope John Paul II Mediates between Argentina and Chile, 1978-1984	133
	The Case	133
	Analysis of the Vatican Intervention	162
	Conclusion	183
Ch. 9	Biafra: The OAU, the British, and the Quakers Mediate in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970	186
	The Case	187
	Analysis of the Biafra Interventions	199
	Conclusion	211
Ch. 10	Conclusion	214
	The Practice of Intermediaries	216
	The Challenge of Intermediary Intervention	219
	Notes	227
	Bibliography	253
	Index	261

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• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0691001634
• ISBN 13: 9780691001630
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 280