Go-Between Jan Eliasson and the Styles of Mediation

Name: Go-Between Jan Eliasson and the Styles of Mediation
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ISBN: 9781601270627

ISBN-10: 1601270623

ISBN-13: 9781601270627

Edition: 2010

Authors: Isak Svensson, Peter Wallensteen

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Success in international mediation hinges on the skill, style, and methods of the mediator. This volume explores international mediation through the lens of Ambassador Jan Eliasson, an international go-between with a remarkable track record. Authors Svensson and Wallensteen contend that international mediators' styles vary in four dimensions'”scope, method, mode, and focus'”and that the mandate mediators receive strongly determines the style they adopt. The authors draw lessons for the peacemaking process from their examination of how Eliasson entered, prepared, pursued, and finally ended his mediation efforts. Svensson and Wallensteen evaluate Eliasson's role in six cases: two missions on…

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List price: $12.50
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press (USIP Press)
Publication date: 1/31/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 169
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



One Mediator, Six Experiences



How Mediators Mediate: Styles of Mediation


Mandating Mediation


Styles of International Mediation


Mandates and Style



Going In: The Diplomacy of Entry


Giving the Mandate


Requesting Mediation


Offering Mediation


Style and the Diplomacy of Entry



Going About: The Diagnostics of Diplomacy


Assessing the Initial Situation


Identifying the Issues


Identifying the Actors


Using the Entry


Style and the Diagnostics of Mediation



Going On: The Instruments of Mediation


Creating Confidence


Establishing Principles


Formulating Proposals


Using the Media


Dealing with Justice


Keeping Them at the Table


Reframing the Issues


Style and the Instruments of Mediation



Going Together: The Context of Mediation


Coping with Other Conciliators


Forging Global Support


Leading International Mediation


Generating Global Attention


Using International Norms


Designing International Negotiations


Inserting International Mediation


Styles in Mediation Context



Going Out: The Diplomacy of Exit


Threatening to Terminate


Timing the Exit


Finding Successors


Style and the Diplomacy of Exit



Going Ahead: Lessons for Mediation Theory and Practice


Mediation Mandate


Mediation Outcome


Mediation Resources


Styles of International Mediation


Comparing Mediation Styles


Ten Implications for Mediation Research and Mediation Practice


Appendix: Chronologies of the Six Cases


Index


About the Authors