- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press (15 July 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1929223560
- ISBN-13: 978-1929223565
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.6 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,320,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Some conflicts seem to defy resolution. Marked by longevity, recurrent violence, and militant agendas, these intractable conflicts refuse to be settled either on the battlefield or at the negotiating table. The longer they fester, the stronger the international community's inclination to lose heart and to turn away. But, explain the authors of this provocative volume, effective mediation in intractable conflicts is possible - if the mediator knows what to do and when to do it. Written from the mediator's point of view, Taming Intractable Conflicts lays out the steps involved in tackling the most stubborn of conflicts. It first puts mediation in a larger context, exploring why mediators choose or decline to become involved, what happens when they get involved for the wrong reasons, and the impact of the mediator's institutional and political environment. It then discusses best mediation tradecraft at different stages: at the beginning of the engagement, when the going gets very rough, during the settlement negotiations, and in the post-settlement implementation stage. Forceful, concise, and highly readable, Taming Intractable Conflicts serves not only as a hands-on guide for would-b
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Chester A. Crocker is the James R. Schlesinger professor of strategic studies at Georgetown University and chairman of the Institute's board of directors. Fen Osler Hampson is director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. Pamela Aall is director of the Education Program at the Institute. They jointly edited three earlier volumes: Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict, Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World, and Managing Global Chaos: Sources of and Responses to International Conflict.
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IN THE 1990's AND EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, negotiations brought an end to some of the world's most challenging and difficult conflicts. Read the first page
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A guide forged from realism and worldwide experience
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The collaborative effort of Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall, Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation In The Hardest Cases is a resource written by expert mediators and social scientists, persuasively arguing that even the most stubborn conflicts are not immune to mediation - if the mediator knows what to do and how to do it. Explicitly spelling out what is vital to make peace stick and what is a recipe for disaster - for example, the absolute necessity of hammering out a framework of negotiation or a declaration of principles, in addition to maintaining a secure home base, being on guard for peace spoilers, setting a realistic timetable for disarmament, and a solid sequence for which core issues fueling the conflict will be addressed - Taming Intractable Conflicts is a guide forged from realism and worldwide experience. Scrutinizing conflicts from the Rwandan genocide to violence in Ireland, wars in Afghanistan, turbulence in Sri Lanka and much more, Taming Intractable Conflicts grounds its principle in the lessons of history itself, especially twentieth-century history. An absolute must-read for anyone with a personal or professional interest in global diplomacy and peacemaking.
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