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Collective decision making problems can be seen as finding an outcome that is closest to a concept of consensus. 1 introduced Closeness to Unanimity Procedure as a first example to this approach and showed that the Borda rule is the closest to unanimity under swap distance a.k.a the 2 distance....
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This paper considers the estate division problem from a non-cooperative perspective. The integer claim game initiated by ONeill 1982 and extended by Atlamaz et al. 2011 is generalized by considering different sharing rules to divide every interval among the claimants. For problems with an estate...
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Recent studies in general are positive regarding the effectiveness of US counterinsurgency programs in Iraq. The right mix of coercion, ethnic strategy, and public goods provision, it is argued, makes Iraqis less likely to rebel against the US army and the Iraqi government, thus reducing...
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This study focuses on the varying effectiveness of three mediation styles—facilitation, formulation, and manipulation—on international crises. Effectiveness is assessed in terms of three outcome variables: formal agreement, post-crisis tension reduction, and contribution to crisis...
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potential for the development andmanifestation of conflict. When differentiation is coupled to a great extent with … interdependence, thepotential for conflict increases significantly. Also, always be considered in settling conflicts thatoften occur … conflict. In this paper, will present the theoreticalaspects regarding the conflict, classification, patterns of events and …
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conflicts. Keeping in perspective the potential capability of the news media in situations of conflict and conflict resolution …€˜peace journalism’ as an alternative to conventional news coverage of conflict. …
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We study the role of an imbalance in fighting strengths when players bargain in the shadow of conflict. Our … experimental results suggest: In a simple bargaining game with an exogenous mediation proposal, the likelihood of conflict is … independent of the balance of power. If bargaining involves endogenous demand choices, however, the likelihood of conflict is …
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Challenges one of the dominant assumptions of the current cultural paradigm, namely that conflict is inevitable between … people and groups with differing goals, values and priorities. Given that conflict is seen as inevitable, the field of … conflict resolution has arisen to resolve conflict through a variety of techniques and behavioural tools. Two main schools of …
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