Negotiation and Conflict Management: Essays on Theory and Practice / Edition 1

by I. William Zartman

Overview

This book presents a series of essays by I. William Zartman outlining the evolution of the key concepts required for the study of negotiation and conflict management, such as formula, ripeness, pre-negotiation, mediation, power, process, intractability, escalation, and order.

Responding to a lack of useful conceptualization for the analysis of international negotiation, Zartman has developed an analytical framework and specific concepts that can serve as a basis for both study and practice. Negotiation is analyzed as a process, and is linked to other major themes in political science such as decision, structure, justice and order. This analysis is then applied to negotiations to manage particular types of conflicts and cooperation, including ethnic conflicts, civil wars and regime-building. It also develops typologies and strategies of mediation, dealing with such aspects as leverage, bias, interest, and roles.

Written by the leading exponent of negotiation and mediation, Negotiation and Conflict Management will be of great interest to all students of negotiation, mediation and conflict studies in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415429504
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/20/2007
Series:	Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

I. William Zartman is the Jacob Blaustein Distinguished Professor of International Organization and Conflict Resolution at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University. He is author of over twenty books on conflict management and negotiation.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Political Analysis of Negotiation: How Who Gets What and When [1974] 2. Negotiations: Theory and Reality" [1974] 3. The 50% Solution [1976] 4. Negotiation as a Joint Decision-Making Process [1977] 5. Negotiating from Asymmetry [1985] 6. Common Elements in the Analysis of the Negotiation Process [1988] 7. Pre-Negotiations: Phases and Functions [1989] 8. Negotiations: The Beginning, The Middle, and The End [1989] 9. The Economic Analysis of Negotiation and Lessons for Theory [1994] 10. Escalation and Ripeness in International Negotiations [1997] 11. Beyond the Hurting Stalemate [2000] 12. Defining Intractability [2005] 13. Mediation in the Post Cold War Era [2005] 14. Negotiating with Terrorists [2006]