This is the first book focusing on the effect of biased and
neutral mediators in civil wars.
The argument is tested through analysis of both global data and
case studies of contemporary peace processes, and makes two main
contributions. First, it explores the role of "biased mediators" in
contemporary peace processes. The author develops a theory
explaining why biased mediators are more effective than their
neutral counterparts. Bias is here defined in terms of previous
active support for one side in a civil conflict, either the
government or the rebels. Systematising and developing ideas found
in previous meditation studies, the book identifies four different
causal mechanisms through which biased mediators can be effective
peace-brokers. By developing a comprehensive set of mechanisms to
explain bias mediation, the book helps deepen understanding of
biased mediators in general, and their role in resolving civil
conflict in particular.
The second contribution offered is a novel way of measuring
"mediation success," a concept which has been much debated within
the mediation literature. Previous research has concentrated on
settlement, behavior, or implementation. These conceptualizations
of mediation success all have merit, but also some basic flaws in
that they do not pay sufficient attention to how the basic
incompatible positions are regulated. This book focuses on
mediators ability to regulate core compatibilities by crafting
institutional peace arrangements here termed 'peace institutions'
that generally are considered to enhance the prospect for durable
peace. This approach has a wider implication for peace and conflict
research in that it brings together research on durability of peace
and studies on international mediation, two fields of research
which hitherto have been kept apart.
This book will be of much interest to students of international
mediation, conflict management, civil wars, security studies and IR
in general. "
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