'Given the breadth in the conflict and conflict management literatures, there have been few if any compilations that offered good coverage and quality depth, until now. This work provides both a good and timely review as well as insightful integration and extension of existing conflict research....

The complexity of multi-party negotiations can be reduced by dividing conflict parties into subgroups. However, compatibility of interests can vary in subgroups. With high compatibility a subgroup agrees on most issues; parts of the conflict are not negotiated. Additionally, trade-offs between...