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Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World
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by Chester A. Crocker (Editor), Fen Osler Hampson (Editor), Pamela Aall (Editor)
Chester A. Crocker
Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World
760
by Chester A. Crocker (Editor), Fen Osler Hampson (Editor), Pamela Aall (Editor)
Chester A. Crocker
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Overview
An invaluable resource for anyone seeking to grasp what makes for successful mediation and conflict management in an increasingly unmanageable world. . . . It will fascinate as well as educate the reader—whether student or practitioner.
Kofi A. Annan, UN Secretary General
Herding Cats is an extraordinary collection of the witness of practitioners trying to make peace in rough neighborhoods. . . . There is much to study and learn in this book, the best of the growing studies on mediation.
I. William Zartman, SAIS
An illustrious cast of practitioners here describe their personal experiences in working to bring peace in significant conflicts across four continents. As James Baker, Richard Holbrooke, Max van der Stoel, Alvaro de Soto, Aldo Ajello, and others make clear, the mediator must operate in an environment of daunting complexity, insecurity, and uncertainty. Whether sequestered in Norway or zigzagging across Africa, the mediator can take nothing for granted—not participants, agendas, or timetables—in the struggle to sustain and advance the peace process.
And just to make things more complicated, each conflict now typically attracts several independent mediators. Indeed, coordinating third party mediators is like herding cats—difficult if not impossible.
In each of the two dozen cases examined in this volume, mediation was a multiparty effort, involving a range of actors—individuals, states, international organizations, and NGOs—working simultaneously or sequentially. These vivid accounts attest to the crucial importance of coordinating and building upon the efforts of other players. They also illuminate the opportunities and problems presented by different entry points of mediation—from conflict prevention, through negotiation during active conflict, to post-settlement implementation and peacebuilding—and by different kinds of leverage, levels of engagement, and objectives.
This volume was developed by the same editors who were responsible for USIP Press's highly successful 1996 publication Managing Global Chaos and is intended as a follow-on to that book. In their feedback on the 1996 volume, readers requested additional resources, especially case studies that reflect real, hands-on experience in complex settings. Not only will these cases illustrate how multiparty mediation works or does not work, but they should also stimulate further work on the special requirements and best practices of the field, promote a dialogue among practitioners themselves as well as between academics and practitioners, and lead to unique insights, new understandings, and alternative approaches that can be applied to future mediations.
The editors have framed the volume with discussions that link the practitioner cases to the scholarly literature on mediation, thereby situating the case studies in terms of theory while also drawing lessons for both scholars and practitioners that can help guide future endeavors.
Kofi A. Annan, UN Secretary General
Herding Cats is an extraordinary collection of the witness of practitioners trying to make peace in rough neighborhoods. . . . There is much to study and learn in this book, the best of the growing studies on mediation.
I. William Zartman, SAIS
An illustrious cast of practitioners here describe their personal experiences in working to bring peace in significant conflicts across four continents. As James Baker, Richard Holbrooke, Max van der Stoel, Alvaro de Soto, Aldo Ajello, and others make clear, the mediator must operate in an environment of daunting complexity, insecurity, and uncertainty. Whether sequestered in Norway or zigzagging across Africa, the mediator can take nothing for granted—not participants, agendas, or timetables—in the struggle to sustain and advance the peace process.
And just to make things more complicated, each conflict now typically attracts several independent mediators. Indeed, coordinating third party mediators is like herding cats—difficult if not impossible.
In each of the two dozen cases examined in this volume, mediation was a multiparty effort, involving a range of actors—individuals, states, international organizations, and NGOs—working simultaneously or sequentially. These vivid accounts attest to the crucial importance of coordinating and building upon the efforts of other players. They also illuminate the opportunities and problems presented by different entry points of mediation—from conflict prevention, through negotiation during active conflict, to post-settlement implementation and peacebuilding—and by different kinds of leverage, levels of engagement, and objectives.
This volume was developed by the same editors who were responsible for USIP Press's highly successful 1996 publication Managing Global Chaos and is intended as a follow-on to that book. In their feedback on the 1996 volume, readers requested additional resources, especially case studies that reflect real, hands-on experience in complex settings. Not only will these cases illustrate how multiparty mediation works or does not work, but they should also stimulate further work on the special requirements and best practices of the field, promote a dialogue among practitioners themselves as well as between academics and practitioners, and lead to unique insights, new understandings, and alternative approaches that can be applied to future mediations.
The editors have framed the volume with discussions that link the practitioner cases to the scholarly literature on mediation, thereby situating the case studies in terms of theory while also drawing lessons for both scholars and practitioners that can help guide future endeavors.
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940148497073 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | U.S. Institute of Peace |
| Publication date: | 09/09/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 760 |
| File size: | 18 MB |
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About the Author
Chester A. Crocker is the James R. Schlesinger Professor of Strategic Studies at Georgetown University where his teaching and research focus on conflict management and regional security issues. He served as chairman of the board of the United States Institute of Peace (1992-2004) and served as a member of its board until August 2011. From 1981-1989, he was U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs. As such, he was the principal diplomatic architect and mediator in the prolonged negotiations among Angola, Cuba, and South Africa that led to Namibia’s transition to independence, and to the withdrawal of Cuban forces from Angola. Dr. Crocker served as a staff officer at the National Security Council (1970-72) where he worked on Middle East, Indian Ocean, and African issues and director of African studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (1976-80).
Fen Osler Hampson is a distinguished fellow and director of the global security program overseeing the research direction of the program and related activities. Previously, he served as director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) and continues to serve as chancellor’s professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
Pamela Aall is a senior advisor for conflict prevention and management at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Former provost of USIP's Academy, she is also past president of Women in International Security. Together with Chester Crocker and Fen Hampson, she has coauthored and coedited several volumes including Taming Intractable Conflicts and Leashing the Dogs of War.
Aall has co-authored and co-edited a number of books and articles, including the Guide to IGOs, NGOs and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations (2000).With Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson, she has written and edited a series of books on international conflict management including Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World (2007); Grasping the Nettle: Analyzing Cases of intractable Conflict (2005); Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases (2004); and Turbulent Peace: the Challenges of Managing International Conflic
Fen Osler Hampson is a distinguished fellow and director of the global security program overseeing the research direction of the program and related activities. Previously, he served as director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) and continues to serve as chancellor’s professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
Pamela Aall is a senior advisor for conflict prevention and management at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Former provost of USIP's Academy, she is also past president of Women in International Security. Together with Chester Crocker and Fen Hampson, she has coauthored and coedited several volumes including Taming Intractable Conflicts and Leashing the Dogs of War.
Aall has co-authored and co-edited a number of books and articles, including the Guide to IGOs, NGOs and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations (2000).With Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson, she has written and edited a series of books on international conflict management including Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World (2007); Grasping the Nettle: Analyzing Cases of intractable Conflict (2005); Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases (2004); and Turbulent Peace: the Challenges of Managing International Conflic
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