Peace negotiations and time : deadline diplomacy in territorial disputes / Marco Pinfari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinfari, Marco.

Series:

Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacific settlement of international disputes.

Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.

Mediation, International.

Boundary disputes.

Physical Description:

xii, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

1.1 The explanatory variable: time, time pressure and deadlines 3

1.2 The setting: peace negotiations 7

1.3 The methodology: configurational analysis and fuzzy-set logic 10

1.4 Structure of the research 12

2 Time pressure and deadlines in peace negotiations: a review 15

2.1 The perspective of diplomacy and conflict resolution 16

2.2 The perspective of experimental psychology 23

2.3 Research hypotheses and the debates on time pressure 30

3 The comparative model 38

3.1 The dataset 38

3.2 Methodology: fuzzy sets and the scope for triangulation 43

3.3 Research variables 46

3.4 The empirical model 53

4 Complexity and the absence of time pressure: Bougainville and Casamance 62

4.1 Methodological rationale of the case studies 62

4.2 First set of case studies: interpreting the first explanatory configuration 63

4.3 Bougainville: overview of the conflict 66

4.4 Thematic analysis and fuzzy-set coding 72

4.5 'There are no deadlines': the Burnham Truce 76

4.6 Casamance: overview of the conflict 83

4.7 Thematic analysis and fuzzy-set coding 87

4.8 Wash the dirty laundry in private': the making of the 2004 agreement 90

4.9 Bougainville and Casamance: conclusions 95

5 Complexity and negotiating strategies: assessing the 'Camp David Model' 99

5.1 The 'Camp David Model' 99

5.2 Brief historical review 101

5.3 Thematic analysis and fuzzy-set coding 107

5.4 The Camp David model: shared features at Dayton and Camp David 2000 112

5.5 Accounting for different outcomes: complexity and credibility 120

5.6 Emotions and strategies under time pressure: lessons from Dayton 129

5.7 Conclusions 133

6 Conclusions 136

6.1 Main findings 137

6.2 Other relevant findings 141

6.3 Implications for conflict studies 144

6.4 Implications for policymakers 150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415523875

0415523877

9780203094150

0203094158

OCLC:

759915363