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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinfari, Marco, author.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundary disputes.

Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.

Mediation, International.

Pacific settlement of international disputes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book discusses the role of time in peace negotiations and peace processes in the post-Cold War period, making reference to real-world negotiations and using comparative data. Deadlines are increasingly used by mediators to spur deadlocked negotiation processes, under the assumption that fixed time limits tend to favour pragmatism. Yet, little attention is typically paid to the durability of agreements concluded in these conditions, and research in experimental psychology suggests that time pressure can have a negative impact on individual and collective decision-making by reduci

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The explanatory variable: time, time pressure and deadlines; 1.2 The setting: peace negotiations; 1.3 The methodology: configurational analysis and fuzzy-set logic; 1.4 Structure of the research; 2 Time pressure and deadlines in peace negotiations: a review; 2.1 The perspective of diplomacy and conflict resolution; 2.2 The perspective of experimental psychology; 2.3 Research hypotheses and the debates on time pressure; 3 The comparative model; 3.1 The dataset

3.2 Methodology: fuzzy sets and the scope for triangulation3.3 Research variables; 3.4 The empirical model; 4 Complexity and the absence of time pressure: Bougainville and Casamance; 4.1 Methodological rationale of the case studies; 4.2 First set of case studies: interpreting the first explanatory configuration; 4.3 Bougainville: overview of the conflict; 4.4 Thematic analysis and fuzzy-set coding; 4.5 'There are no deadlines': the Burnham Truce; 4.6 Casamance: overview of the conflict; 4.7 Thematic analysis and fuzzy-set coding

4.8 'Wash the dirty laundry in private': the making of the 2004 agreement4.9 Bougainville and Casamance: conclusions; 5 Complexity and negotiating strategies: assessing the 'Camp David Model'; 5.1 The 'Camp David Model'; 5.2 Brief historical review; 5.3 Thematic analysis and fuzzy-set coding; 5.4 The Camp David model: shared features at Dayton and Camp David 2000; 5.5 Accounting for different outcomes: complexity and credibility; 5.6 Emotions and strategies under time pressure: lessons from Dayton; 5.7 Conclusions; 6 Conclusions; 6.1 Main findings; 6.2 Other relevant findings

6.3 Implications for conflict studies6.4 Implications for policymakers; Appendix 1: sources for the comparative model; Appendix 2: the comparative model; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-20505-5

1-283-60705-0

9786613919502

1-136-20506-3

0-203-09415-8

9780203094150

OCLC:

810924706