Publishing Institution: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University

Author:: Richard A. Cocozza
Publication Date:: 12-2007
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University
Abstract:: This working paper discusses actions by the U.S.Congress (primarily the U.S.Senate) to manage protracted and deep rooted conflicts in the process of making laws – current problems in managing conflicts, the traditional system for managing conflicts, the relevance of a contemporary conflict analysis and resolution approach to conflict management in the Congress, the effectiveness of the Senate in addressing conflict in five case studies, and strategies for strengthening the current approach.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Environment, Natural Resources, and Governance
Political Geography:: United States

Author:: Dean G. Pruitt
Publication Date:: 04-2005
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University
Abstract:: Ripeness theory, in its most common version, concerns the psychological states that encourage parties who are involved in severe conflict to move into negotiation—either bilateral or mediated. This monograph first summarizes ripeness theory as it stands today, while drawing on the writings of I. William Zartman, the founder of this field, and several other international relations scholars. Then it presents a critique, which recasts this important theory in conventional psychological terms; uses the language of variables rather than necessary states; and focuses on the psychological states of individual actors rather than on joint psychological states.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Development, Education, and Peace Studies

Author:: Dennis J.D. Sandole, Kevin Avruch, Jannie Botes, Sandra I. Cheldelin, Sara Cobb, Daniel Druckman, Ho-Won Jeong, Linda Johnston, Michelle LeBaron, Christopher Mitchell, Daniel Rothbart, Richard Rubenstein, and Wallace Warfield
Publication Date:: 12-2003
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University
Abstract:: The Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution is commemorating a number of historic milestones in this academic year. Among the reasons for celebration is that ICAR recently surpassed the 20 year mark since the Center for Conflict Resolution, ICAR's forerunner, opened its doors. Moreover, ICAR's doctoral program in conflict analysis and resolution, in existence since 1988, now counts nearly 30 Ph.D.s on its roll.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Security, Human Rights, and Peace Studies

Author:: Ravit Richter and Ariella Vraneski
Publication Date:: 05-2002
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University
Abstract:: The mass media is part and parcel of modern life. In recent years environmental conflicts have increasingly become part of the public agenda, and they now gain vast media coverage. While all agree that fully functioning media sectors are essential for expanding and supporting democracy on global, national, and local levels alike, many claim that the media's interference, by definition, escalates conflicts. Recent studies confirm that many roles can be attributed to media coverage, including some that lead conflicts toward constructive resolutions. The hypothesis of our research is that through frames, the media is both influenced by and influential with regard to the conflict's dynamics.
Topic:: Environment and Science and Technology
Political Geography:: Middle East and Israel

Author:: Terrence Lyons
Publication Date:: 02-2002
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University
Abstract:: Outcomes of transitional periods after peace agreements to halt civil wars are critical to sustaining peace and providing the basis for a long-term process of democratization. Understanding these transitional processes and designing policies to promote successful peace implementation are among the greatest challenges of the post–Cold War era. In a number of recent cases, including Angola (1992), Cambodia (1993), El Salvador (1994), Mozambique (1994), Bosnia-Herzegovina (1996), and Liberia (1997), elections have been designated in the peace accord as the mechanism for ending the transition. Such postconflict elections are designed to advance two distinct but interrelated goals – war termination and democratization.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Democratization, Government, and Peace Studies
Political Geography:: Bosnia, Herzegovina, Cambodia, Liberia, Mozambique, and Angola

Author:: Dennis J.D. Sandole, Sandra I. Cheldelin, Sara Cobb, Ho-Won Jeong, Christopher Mitchell, Richard Rubenstein, Abdusabur Abdusamadov, Giselle Huamani Ober, John W. Holman, Catalina Rojas, Ellen Kabcenell Wayne, and Louis Kriesberg
Publication Date:: 12-2001
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University
Abstract:: On Aug. 15, 2001, ICAR welcomed our new director, Sara Cobb, by sending her to represent our institute at a threeday combined retreat of the President's Council (comprising the president and senior staff members, deans, and directors) and George Mason's Board of Directors. Within days we learned that her energy and enthusiasm for ICAR's agenda was contagious and welcome. With academic year 2001–2002 beginning the following week, she has hardly had time to catch her breath.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Security, Human Rights, and Peace Studies

Author:: Christopher R. Mitchell
Publication Date:: 01-1996
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University
Abstract:: The field of conflict resolution has reached a point in its evolution where hunches and intuitive guesses are being transformed into testable theoretical propositions. Nowhere is this more important than in the debate about when conflicts are “ripe for resolution.”
Topic:: Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies

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