1st Edition

Arab Approaches to Conflict Resolution Mediation, Negotiation and Settlement of Political Disputes

332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

332 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. Settlement of Disputes:  History and The Arab Context  2. Context of Conflict Management in the Arab World 3. Arab Culture and Conflict Management 4. Characteristics of Conflicts, Parties, and Conflict Management 5. Patterns of Conflict Management 6. The Arab League and Multilateralism 7. The Missing Factor in International Mediation/Negotiation: Women as Peace-Makers 8. Conflict Resolution and the "Arab Spring" Era 9. Is there an Arab Mode of Conflict Resolution

Biography

Nahla Yassine-Hamdan is on the adjunct faculty at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA, and has a Ph.D. in Political Science.

Frederic S. Pearson is Director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies and a Professor of Political Science at Wayne State University, USA.  

"This book offers a comparative political analysis of the cultural factors affecting Arab and Islamic state practices of conflict resolution... This is for specialists in Middle Eastern politics and those interested in conflict resolution within international relations theory.

Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, research, and professional collections."

--S. R. Silverburg, Catawba College, in CHOICE, February 2015