Arab Approaches to Conflict Resolution
Subtitle: Mediation, Negotiation and Settlement of Political Disputes
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781306971911
Subjects: Conflict management; Mediation; Decision making; International relations; Politics and government; Gestion des conflits; Médiation; Prise de décision; Relations internationales; Politique et gouvernement
Description: "This book examines Arab approaches to mediation, negotiation and settlement of political disputes. This book proposes that two clusters of independent variables are potentially responsible for the distinctive nature of Arab conflict resolution. Firstly, those linked with Arab political regimes and imperatives, and secondly those linked with Arab and /or Islamic culture. The text also focuses on the Arab League and its history of involvement in crisis and conflict situations, along with the roles of individual leaders, emissaries and extra-regional actors such as IGOs (Inter-Governmental Organisations) in undertaking mediation initiatives. IGO and Arab League activity has taken on new importance since the various intervention attempts in connection with the "Arab Spring" since 2011. During the negotiation process, most Arab regimes tend to view conflicts within a broad historical context and Islamic culture prioritises the cohesion of the community and internal stability of the state over individual autonomy. This has created an authoritarian style of leadership, and in practice, leaders in the Middle East have had near absolute authority in the decision-making process--a fact which will have a lot of weight in conflict management and whether peace will endure for a long period of time"--Provided by publisher
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction: settlement of disputes; title: history and the Arab context; title: 2. Context of conflict management in the Arab world; title: 3. Arab culture and conflict management; title: 4. Characteristics of conflicts, parties and conflict management; title: 5. Patterns of conflict settlement: Arab versus Arab and non-Arab; title: 6. The Arab League and multilateralism; title: 7. The missing factor in international mediation/negotiation: women as peace-makers; title: 8. Conflict resolution and the Arab Spring era; title: 9. Is there an Arab mode of conflict resolution?; title: 1.; title: Introduction: settlement of disputes -- history and the Arab context --; title: Patterns of conflict management in the Arab world --; title: Islam and conflict management --; title: Conclusion -- -- 2.; title: Context of conflict management in the Arab world --; title: Relevant negotiation and mediation findings --; title: Regime types --; title: Role of the mediator --; title: The role of power balance --; title: The role of religion and ideology --; title: Addressing the roots of conflict --; title: Conclusion: identifying key factors for successful negotiation/mediation -- -- 3.; title: Arab culture and conflict management --; title: The relevance of Arab culture --; title: Group identity and cultural stereotypes --; title: Relation of culture to negotiation --; title: Arab/Islamic non-Arab culture as context --; title: Conclusion -- -- 4.; title: Characteristics of conflicts, parties and conflict management --; title: Characteristics of Arab disputes --; title: Patterns of conflict management --; title: Conflict outcomes and settlements --; title: Strength of predictors and testing hypotheses --; title: Conclusion -- -- 5.; title: Patterns of conflict settlement: Arab versus Arab and non-Arab --; title: Yemen civil war (1962-1970) --; title: The Iraqi-Kuwaiti border conflict (1958-1961) --; title: Iraq-Kuwait dispute of 1991 --; title: Arab-non-Arab disputes: the Sudanese civil war --; title: Failure of mediation efforts after Addis Ababa --; title: Camp David mediation effort --; title: Non-Arab cases --; title: The Moro-Philippine conflict --; title: Conclusion -- -- 6.; title: The Arab League and multilateralism --; title: Arab political regimes and the Arab League --; title: The Arab League and conflict management --; title: The Arab League, the Taif Agreement in Lebanon and Arab conflict-management style --; title: Nature of Arab-Arab conflicts: the League of Arab States challenged --; title: The New Arab League --; title: New peace initiatives by the Arab League --; title: The Arab League in numbers --; title: Conclusion -- -- 7.; title: The missing factor in international mediation/negotiation: women as peace-makers --; title: Women in peace-making --; title: Gender and peace-making in the Arab world --; title: Gender and mediation/negotiation styles of conflict management --; title: Indigenous context of gender peace-making --; title: Conclusion -- -- 8.; title: Conflict resolution and the Arab Spring era --; title: Dynamics of Arab revolutions --; title: Effects on conflict resolution --; title: The Middle East political subsystem --; title: Solutions to post-Arab Spring conflicts --; title: Conclusions and lessons of the Arab Spring -- -- 9.; title: Is there an Arab mode of conflict resolution? --; title: Conclusions and recommendations --; title: Is there an Arab mode of conflict management? --; title: The impact of culture on conflict management --; title: Prescriptions for mediation success in Middle Eastern conflicts --; title: The Tree Model approach.