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Conflict management and African politics

ripeness, bargaining, and mediation

edited by Terrence Lyons and Gilbert M. Khadiagala

Buch

englisch

Lyons, Terrence (Ed.) DNB
Khadiagala, Gilbert M. (Ed.) DNB

Security and conflict management

2

Routledge

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York

2008

154 p.

978-0-415-44301-2

conflict, regional
africa
negotiations
international relations
conflict resolution

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Conflict Management and African Politics : Ripeness, Bargaining, and Mediation
by Khadiagala, Gilbert M. (Editor, Author); Lyons, Terrence (Editor, Author)



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1 Conflict management and African politics: framing the links Terrence Lyons and Gilbert M. Khadiagala p. 1
Pt. I New research on negotiation theory
2 Ripeness revisited: the perils of muscular mediation Alan J. Kuperman p. 9
3 Perverse negotiations: bribery, bargaining, and ripeness Bertram I. Spector p. 22
4 Putting the practical negotiator to the test: two examinations of the formula-details proposition Pamela Chasek and Lynn Wagner p. 38
Pt. II The international relations of Africa
5 The evolution of Euro-African relations Gilbert M. Khadiagala p. 67
6 Post-Cold War conflict in West Africa: a subordinate state system in collapse? Terrence Lyons p. 83
Pt. III Conflict and conflict resolution in Africa p. 95
7 Conditions for mediation success: evaluating US initiatives in Sudan and Liberia Donald S. Rothchild p. 97
8 The Zimbabwe independence settlement revisited: race, land, class, and ripe moments Fadzai Gwarazimba p. 120
9 African conflict "medicine": an emerging paradigm shift in African conflict resolution? Ben K. Fred-Mensah p. 135
Index p. 145
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What are the relationships between theory and practice in the processes of negotiations and conflict resolution? In what ways does theory inform practice and provide analytical maps for policymakers grappling with resolving intractable conflicts? How can African cases inform global conceptual frameworks and what value to generic models have in explaining the challenges of contemporary Africa? The authors included in this volume investigate these questions by building on the work of William Zartman. The book uses some of Zartmana??s key concepts a?? ripe moments, the role of formulas in developing acceptable bargains, state collapse, how indigenous knowledge shapes conflict resolution, and the roles played by third parties in mediating conflicts a?? and elaborates upon them to demonstrate how conflict resolution theory may be applied to the contemporary challenges, particularly in Africa. This volume offers a series of fresh and diverse arguments that both expand and challenge Zartmana??s theoreticallegacy. This book will be of much interest to students of international conflict management, peace/conflict studies, African politics and IR in general.

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