Resolving International Conflicts: The Theory and Practice of Mediation

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Jacob Bercovitch
Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1996 - Law - 279 pages
Mediation is one of the most important methods of settling conflicts in the post-Cold War world. This text represents the most recent trends in the process and practice of international mediation.
 

Contents

Thinking About Mediation
1
Bias Neutrality and Power in International Mediation
37
Mediating Conflict in Central America
55
The UN SecretaryGeneral and the Mediation
75
Cultural Aspects of International Mediation
107
Lessons from
129
The Yugoslavian Conflict European Mediation
171
Environmental Mediation in International Relations
191
Varieties of Mediating Activities and Mediators
219
The Contributors
263
About the Book 279
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About the author (1996)

Jacob Bercovitch is senior lecturer in international relations at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). His many publications in the field of conflict management and mediation include Social Conflict and Third Parties: Strategies of Conflict Management, ANZUS in Crisis: Alliance Mismanagement in International Relations, and Mediation in International Relations. In 1993, he was the Lady Davis Professor in International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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