Copyright	5
	Contents	8
	Figures	11
	Tables	12
	Contributors	14
	Acknowledgments	19
	1 New approaches, methods and findings in the study of mediation	20
	Part I Mediation strategy	36
	2 Is there method in the madness of mediation?: Some lessons for mediators from quantitative studies of mediation	38
	3 Third-party intermediaries and negotiated settlements, 1946–2000	62
	Part II Mediator type	86
	4 Credibility and strategy in international mediation	88
	5 Mediator types and the effectiveness of informationprovision strategies in the resolution of international conflict	115
	6 Guaranteeing peace: The credibility of third-party mediators in civil wars	134
	7 Choosing sides: UN resolutions and non-neutrality	154
	Part III Dispute and crisis types	176
	8 Softening up: Making conflicts more amenable to diplomacy	178
	9 Power play: Mediation in symmetric and asymmetric international crises	206
	10 Protracted conflict and crisis mediation: A contingency approach	235
	Part IV The conflict management environment	260
	11 Practicing democratic community norms: Third-party conflict management and successful settlements	262
	12 Philippine and Taiwanese legal mediation	284
	Part V Data	304
	13 Conflict and Mediation Event Observations (CAMEO): An event data framework for a post-Cold War world	306
	Index	324