Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations : Methodology in the Study of Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution

List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution: A Conceptual and Methodological Introduction 1(32) Zeev Maoz Part I: Rational Choice and Game Theoretic Approaches 33(62) Introduction 33(62) T. Clifton Morgan 2 Bargaining and Conflict Management 39(34) R. Harrison Wagner 3 Prospects for Conflict Management: A Game-Theoretic Analysis 73(22) D. Marc Kilgour Part II: Simulation, Experimentation, and Artificial Intelligence 95(92) Introduction 95(92) Alex Mintz 4 Detecting United States Mediation Styles in the Middle East, 1979-1998 99(26) Philip A. Schrodt 5 The Role of Mediation in Conflict Management: Conditions for Successful Resolution 125(28) Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Sarit Kraus, Tara E. Santmire, Christopher K. Frain 6 An Artificial Mediator 153(34) Charles S. Taber Part III: Quantitative Approaches 187(86) Introduction 187(86) Glenn Palmer 7 Resolving Conflicts: Conditions Favoring Negotiated Compromise in Militarized Interstate Disputes 193(22) Stuart A. Bremer 8 Patterns of Conflict Management and Resolution in Enduring Rivalries 215(34) D. Scott Bennett 9 Mediation and International Conflict Management: A Review and Analysis 249(24) Jacob Bercovitch and Patrick M. Regan Part IV: Case Study Approaches 273(90) Introduction Zeev Maoz 10 The Management and Resolution of International Conflict in a "Single" Case: American and North Vietnamese Exchanges during the Vietnam War 277(32) Stephen G. Walker 11 Crisis Mismanagement or Conflict of Interests? A Case Study of the Crimean War 309(34) Joseph R. Gochal and Jack S. Levy 12 Conclusion: Multiple Paths to Knowledge? Integrating Methodology and Substance in the Study of Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution 343(20) Richard J. Stoll Index 363(8) About the Contributors 371