"Sticking one's neck out": Reducing mistrust in Sri Lanka's peace negotiations

Negotiation Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-387

  Höglund, Kristine ^a   Svensson, Isak ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Negotiation; Peace processes; Sri Lanka; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749350127     PISSN: 07484526     EISSN: 15719979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1571-9979.2006.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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