Mediating Regional Conflicts and Negotiating Flexibility

Peace Efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bibliographic Data

ID9750593
AuthorsNIMET BERIKER ATIYAS (Bilkent University, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume542
Issue1
Pages185-201
Publication date1995-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716295542001012
OpenAlexW1989182174
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited13

This study analyzes four mediation initiatives in the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina in order to understand the differences between mediators' capabilities and their effect on the negotiating flexibility of the disputing parties. It is claimed that regardless of the outcomes of the negotiations, in all mediation cases, parties adopted flexible negotiating behavior in the form of making or offering concessions, agreements on rules and procedures, agreements on mutual solutions, and introducing new peace proposals. In all instances, the mediators played both the facilitator and manipulator roles. The difference between a mediation process leading to an agreement and one ending with a stalemate is found in the way and extent to which a mediator uses his or her leverage in playing the role of a manipulator

Business · Conflict management · Economics · Facilitator · Flexibility (engineering · Law and economics · Leverage (statistics · Management · Mediation · Negotiation · Order (exchange · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Stalemate · Computer Science · Conflict Management and Negotiation · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security

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