Mehrl, M orcid.org/0000-0002-5825-9256 and Böhmelt, T (2021) How mediator leadership transitions influence mediation effectiveness. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 38 (1). pp. 45-62. ISSN 0738-8942
Abstract
Little is known about how transitions in the government of mediators affect conflict dynamics and resolution. To address this shortcoming, we study executive turnovers of mediators during ongoing interventions in civil war. Mediation effectiveness is largely driven by (trustworthy) information provision and sharing. Changes in mediators’ leaderships have the potential to undermine this, lowering mediation performance. Using data on civil conflicts in 1946–2017, we find robust support for this argument. This research sheds light on a previously neglected factor in conflict resolution that is of particular interest to practitioners and policymakers.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Civil war leadership transition mediation mediation effectiveness |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2022 12:06 |
Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2022 12:06 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0738894220916833 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:192032 |