Incentives for talking: Accepting mediation in international and civil wars

International Interactions

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-271

  Melin, Molly M ^a   Svensson, Isak ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149119239     PISSN: 03050629     EISSN: 15477444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050620903084521     Document Type: Article

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