1st Edition
Negotiating Intractable Conflicts Readiness Theory Revisited
Introduction
1. Theoretical overview and research design
2. The Aceh Peace Process
3. The peace process in Sudan, 2002-2005
4. The Sri Lanka Peace Process 2001-2004
5. Readiness for negotiation and agreement: Lessons for theory and practice
Biography
Amira Schiff is faculty in the Conflict Resolution, Conflict Management and Negotiation graduate program at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
‘Everyone interested in the resolution of intra-national conflicts should read this book. The three case studies that are the main basis of the analysis are very well done, and the author moves beyond them to contribute to negotiation theory. She employs readiness theory (an extension of ripeness theory that focuses on individual disputants) in the analysis of her cases and then moves into an insightful critique of that theory. She notes elements of the theory that are supported by these and other cases, suggests amendments that give the theory greater depth, and points out deficiencies that need to be corrected. Such a melding of case study and theory is unusual and very welcome in the field of conflict studies.’-- Dean G. Pruitt, University at Buffalo: The State University of New York, USA
