Syllabus/achievement requirements

Required reading PECOS 4100

Beardsley, Kyle C.; David M. Quinn, Bidisha Biswas, and Jonathan Wilkenfeld, 2006. “Mediation Style and Crises Outcomes”. Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 50, pp. 58-86.

Bellamy, Alex J., Paul Williams and Stuart Griffin, 2004. Understanding Peacekeeping. Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 146-185.

Carnevale, Peter J.D., 1986. “Strategic Choice in Mediation”. Negotiation Journal, vol. 2, pp. 41-56.

Chesterman, Simon, 2005. You, the People. The United Nations, Transitional Administration, and State-Building. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-9.

Coakley, John (ed.), 2003. The Territorial Management of Ethnic Conflict. Second revised and expanded edition. London and Portland: Frank Cass, pp. 1-22.

Curran, Daniel; James K. Sebenius, and Michael Watkins, 2004. “Two Paths to Peace: Contrasting George Mitchell in Northern Ireland with Richard Holbrooke in Bosnia-Herzegovina”. Negotiation Journal, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 513-537.

Gibson, James, 2006. “The Contributions of Truth to Reconciliation: Lessons from South Africa”, Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 409-432.

Habeeb, William M., 1988. Power and Tactics in International Negotiation: How Weak Nations Bargain with Strong Nations. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 7.

Hampson, Fen O., 2006. “The Risks of Peace: Implications for International Mediation”. Negotiation Journal, vol. 22, no. pp. 13-30.

Hopmann, P. Terrence, 1996. The Negotiation Process and the Resolution of International Conflicts. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. Chapters 3-13.

Kaufmann, Stuart J. 2006. “Escaping the Symbolic Politics Trap: Reconciliation Initiatives and Conflict Resolution in Ethnic Wars”, Journal of Peace Research, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 201-218.

Kelman, Herbert C., 1997. “Some Determinants of the Oslo Breakthrough”. International Negotiation, vol. 2, pp. 183-194.

Meerts, Paul W., 2005. “Entrapment in International Negotiations”, in I. William Zartman and G. Olivier Faure (eds.), Escalation and Negotiation in International Conflicts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 111-140.

McGarry, John, 1998. “Demographic engineering: The state-directed movement of ethnic groups as a technique of conflict regulation”, Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol.21, no. 4, pp. 613-638.

Miall, Hugh, Oliver Ramsbotham and Tom Woodhouse. 1999. Contemporary Conflict Resolution: The prevention, management and transformation of deadly conflicts. Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 1-38.

Paris, Roland. 2004. At War’s End: Building Peace After Civil Conflict. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-51 and 179-211.

Pillar, Paul R., 1983. Negotiating Peace: War Termination as a Bargaining Process. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Chapter 3.

Pruitt, Dean G., 1997. “Ripeness Theory and the Oslo Talks”. International Negotiation, vol. 2, pp. 237-250.

Sebenius, James K., 1983. “Negotiation Arithmetic: Adding and Subtracting Issues and Parties”. International Organization, vol. 37, pp. 281-316.

Sisk. Timothy, 1996. Power Sharing and International Mediation in Ethnic Conflicts. Washington: United States Institute of Peace, pp. 1-45.

Stein, Janice G., 1985. “Structures, Strategies, and Tactics of Mediation: Kissinger and Carter in the Middle East”. Negotiation Journal, vol. 1, pp. 331-347.

Stedman, Stephen John, 1997. “Spoiler Problems in Peace Processes”, International Security, vol. 22, no.2, pp. 5-53.

Underdal, Arild, 1983. “Causes of Negotiation Failure”. European Journal of Political Research, vol. 11, pp. 183-195.

Underdal, Arild, 1992. “Designing Politically Feasible Solutions”, in Raino Malnes and Arild Underdal (eds.), Rationality and Institutions. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. Chapter 8, pp. 221-254.

Vetlesen, Arne Johan, 2005. Evil and Human Agency. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 265-288.

Waage, Hilde Henriksen, 2005. “Norway's Role in the Middle East Peace Talks:Between a Strong State and a Weak Belligenerent”, Journal of Palestine Studies, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 6-24.

Wallensteen, Peter, 2002. Understanding Conflict Resolution: War, Peace and the Global System. London: Sage Publications, pp. 33-38, 53-60 and 87-129.

Walter, Barbara F., 2002. Committing to Peace: The Successful Settlement of Civil Wars. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Chapter 1,2 and 8.

Watkins, Michael, 2003. “Strategic Simplification: Towards a Theory of Modular Design in Negotiation”. International Negotiation, vol. 8, pp. 149-167.

Zartman, I. William, and Jeffrey Z. Rubin (eds.), 2000. Power and Negotiation. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Chapters 1 and 12.

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