Read, Benjamin L.; Michelson, Ethan - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 52 (2008) 5, pp. 737-764
China's elaborate system of local mediation committees has piqued researchers' curiosity for decades and sparked an … argument in these pages. Crucial questions—concerning how much mediation actually takes place, what kinds of disputes are … mediated, who seeks mediation, and how successful it is—have gone unanswered for lack of data. This article addresses these …