When Conflict Resolution Fails

Oliver Ramsbotham is Emeritus Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of Bradford and President of the Conflict Research Society. He is co-author of the bestselling and hugely popular survey of the field Contemporary Conflict Resolution, now in its fourth edition.

• PART I ARGUMENTCHAPTER 1 LESSONS FROM THE FRONTIERS OF FAILUREConflict Resolution and Second Order Social LearningCHAPTER 2 CONFLICT RESOLUTON AND ITS ENEMIESThe World in 2015: Trends in global violenceCHAPTER 3 WHY CONFLICT RESOLUTION FAILSLinguistic intractability and radical disagreementCHAPTER 4 AN ALTERNATIVE TO NEGOTIATION AND DIALOGUEEngaging radical disagreement in intractable conflictPART II CASE STUDYCHAPTER 5 STRATEGIC THINKING FOR POSSESSORSWhy should Israel give up anything?CHAPTER 6 STRATEGIC THINKING FOR CHALLENGERSHow can Palestinians transform the status quo?CHAPTER 7 STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENTThe Israeli Strategic Forum, the Palestine Strategy Group, and the Palestinian Citizens Of Israel GroupCHAPTER 8 STRATEGIC THINKING FOR THIRD PARTIESPrincipled Negotiation, Strategic Negotiation and the Kerry InitiativePART III IMPLICATIONSCHAPTER 9 EXTENDED CONFLICT RESOLUTIONOther phases, other levels, other conflictsCHAPTER 10 EXPLORING RADICAL DISAGREEMENTTaking agonistic dialogue seriouslyCHAPTER 11 UNDERSTANDING RADICAL DISAGREEMENTIs there a theory of radical disagreement?CHAPTER 12 LIVING WITH RADICAL DISAGREEMENTFacing an agonistic future

�This well-informed and nuanced analysis offers one of the most incisive treatments of the Israel/Palestine conflict available. Among books in the field, there is really nothing quite like it.�Alan Dowty, University of Notre Dame �When Conflict Resolution Fails extends Ramsbotham�s groundbreaking work on �radical disagreement�. Using the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as its main case, it describes a form of �extended conflict resolution�, built around ideas and practices of �strategic engagement�, that challenges our understanding of the role of third parties and proposes what may be, ethically, the outer limits of conflict resolution itself. An important and necessarily sobering book.�Kevin Avruch, George Mason University