Studying international mediation: Developing data sets on mediation, looking for patterns, and searching for answers

International Negotiation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-173

  Bercovitch, Jacob ^a,b,c   Fretter, Judith ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b International Studies Association   (New Zealand)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Data sets; Empirical analysis; Incidence of mediation; International conflict management; Mediating actors; Mediation; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 35549011126     PISSN: 1382340X     EISSN: 15718069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/138234007X223267     Document Type: Article

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