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Author:   Isak Svensson (Uppsala Unviersity, Sweden)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415660747

ISBN 10:   0415660742
Pages:   158
Publication Date:   03 December 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface Introduction PART I: Theory 1. What is Mediation Success? 2. Problems with Unbiased Mediators 3. Why Biased Mediators bring Peace Institutions PART II: Empirics 4. The Effects of Mediators on Peace Institutions: Statistical Analyses 5. Getting the Government to Make Concessions: India and Norway in Sri Lanka 6. Facilitator and Guarantor: Malaysia in the Philippines 7. Doing (Almost) the Most of a Special Relationship: US Mediation in Camp David II 8. From Warmongers to Peacemakers: Biased Mediators in Cambodia 9. Security Guarantees as ""Peacekeeping"": Russia in Abkhazia PART III: Conclusions 10. A New Role for Unbiased Mediators? 11. Prospects and Problems of Biased Mediation"

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"""Isak Svensson’s latest book represents a powerful attempt to deepen understanding of this topic through solid theoretical and empirical observation. ... Overall, this book makes a novel contribution to the field of mediation research.""--Prakash Bhattarai, Centre for Social Change, Journal of Conflict Transformation & Security"

Isak Svensson's latest book represents a powerful attempt to deepen understanding of this topic through solid theoretical and empirical observation. ... Overall, this book makes a novel contribution to the field of mediation research. --Prakash Bhattarai, Centre for Social Change, Journal of Conflict Transformation & Security

Author Information

Isak Svensson is Associate Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden, and former Director of Research at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand. He is the author of The Go-Between: Ambassador Jan Eliasson and the Styles of International Mediation (co-authored with Peter Wallensteen, 2010), and Ending Holy Wars: Religion and Conflict Resolution in Civil Wars (2012).

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