Culture and Negotiation: The Resolution of Water Disputes / Edition 1

by Guy Olivier Faure, Jeffrey Z. Rubin

Overview

The distinctive impact of culture in both creating opportunities for dispute settlement and imposing obstacles to agreement are examined in this volume.

Expert views on the nature and limits of culture's influence on negotiation are offered in the first part. Part Two contains case studies and analyses of international disputes regarding water resources, asking the following key questions: What are the cultural components that made a difference to the outcome? What role did culture play in the negotiation process? What are some specific illustrations of the contributing role of culture both to the dispute and to the ways it was handled?

The final section includes implications for practitioners and policymak

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803953710
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/28/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.64(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword - Federico Mayor
Culture and Negotiation - Guy Olivier Faure and Gunnar Sjöstedt
An Introduction
PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION: DOES CULTURE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
A Skeptic's View - I William Zartman
An Advocate's View - Raymond Cohen
A Professional's View - Winfried Lang
A Pluralistic Viewpoint - Victor A Kremenyuk
PART TWO: CASES AND ANALYSES
Water Resources - Jeffrey Z Rubin and Guy Olivier Faure
Some Introductory Observations
Northern and Southern Sudan - Francis M Deng
The Nile
Switzerland, France, Germany, the Netherlands - Christophe Dupont
The Rhine
Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Soviet Union - Vladimir Pisarev
The Black Sea
Turkey, Syria, Iraq - Randa M Slim
The Euphrates
Arabs and Israelis - Miriam Lowi and Jay Rothman
The Jordan River
China - Kenneth Lieberthal
The Three Gorges Dam Project
PART THREE: ANALYSIS
Implications for Practitioners - Jeswald W Salacuse
Lessons for Theory and Research - Guy Olivier Faure and Jeffrey Z Rubin

Editorial Reviews

Focuses on the distinctive impact of culture, both in creating unexpected opportunities for dispute settlement and in imposing obstacles to agreement. The first part of the volume presents expert views on the nature and limits of culture's influence on negotiation. Part II comprises case studies and analyses of international disputes regarding water resources. Part III includes implications for practitioners and policymakers, along with new directions for future studies. Sponsored jointly by UNESCO and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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