Tackling The Intractable

Author : Michael Chiller-Glaus
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 3039112988

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Tackling the Intractable by Michael Chiller-Glaus Pdf

Finding a solution to the issue of Palestinian refugees has remained the main hurdle for an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement. This book represents a comprehensive political analysis of the Palestinian refugee issue. It tackles the matter on four dimensions. First, the historical context of the Palestinian exodus in both 1948 and 1967 is reviewed. Second, the question is traced whether there exists a Palestinian right of return according to international law. Third, an examination is presented regarding how and why the issue of refugees has remained a stumbling block during the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Fourth, the main part of the book analyses potential solutions to the refugee question, complementing the existing proposals with models developed by the author. What are their implications for both sides? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each proposal to Israelis and Palestinians, respectively? What is the relevance of each proposal as a mutually acceptable solution? Finally, a set of recommendations and guide-lines for future Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on refugees is presented. Overall, this study constitutes a valuable reference for anyone interested in a solution of the most intractable aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Author : Chester A. Crocker,Fen Osler Hampson,Pamela R. Aall
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1929223552

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Taming Intractable Conflicts by Chester A. Crocker,Fen Osler Hampson,Pamela R. Aall Pdf

Some conflicts seem to defy resolution. Marked by longevity, recurrent violence, and militant agendas, these intractable conflicts refuse to be settled either on the battlefield or at the negotiating table. The longer they fester, the stronger the international community's inclination to lose heart and to turn away. But, explain the authors of this provocative volume, effective mediation in intractable conflicts is possible if the mediator knows what to do and when to do it.Written from the mediator's point of view, "Taming Intractable Conflicts" lays out the steps involved in tackling the most stubborn of conflicts. It first puts mediation in a larger context, exploring why mediators choose or decline to become involved, what happens when they get involved for the wrong reasons, and the impact of the mediator's institutional and political environment. It then discusses best mediation tradecraft at different stages: at the beginning of the engagement, when the going gets very rough, during the settlement negotiations, and in the post-settlement implementation stage.Forceful, concise, and highly readable, "Taming Intractable Conflicts" serves not only as a hands on guide for would-be mediators but also as a powerful argument for students of conflict management that intractable conflicts are not beyond the reach of mediation."

Author : Trevor Brown
Publisher : Springer
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319223865

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The Digital Galactic Complex by Trevor Brown Pdf

This Brief discusses the current policy environment in which the United States space program operates and proposes an industry-government partnership as a long-term policy solution. Since the Reagan administration, American space policy has increasingly sought to involve private sector operators for space. The culmination of this trend has been the Obama administration’s policy of private sector transportation of crew and cargo to the International Space Station on behalf of NASA. This book proposes that future administrations extend this policy to other areas of space, including energy, in orbit manufacturing, asteroid mining, and the exploration of the Moon and Mars. The book further demonstrates how these activities can stabilize the global political system and lead to a dramatic increase in global economic growth. Finally, the book addresses one of the most important and critical issues currently facing humanity—the need for a viable, baseload, and unlimited supply of totally clean energy. An extremely cogent analysis of the interrelationship between space activity and the terrestrial economy, this book showcases the political and economic potential of the medium of space and adds greatly to the existing literature in the field. This book will be of interest to students of political science and strategic studies as well as members of the military, government space agencies, and the international aerospace industry.

Author : Shlomi Dolev,Tobias Haist,Mihai Oltean
Publisher : Springer
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540856733

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Optical SuperComputing by Shlomi Dolev,Tobias Haist,Mihai Oltean Pdf

OCS, the International Workshop on Optical SuperComputing, is a new annual forum for research presentations on all facets of optical computing for solving hard computation tasks. Optical computing devices have the potential to build the very next computing infrastructure. Given the frequency limitations and cross-talk phenomena, as well as the soft-errors, of electronic devices on one hand, and the natural parallelism of optical computing devices, as well as the advances in ?ber optics and optical switches, on the other hand, optical c- puting is becoming increasingly marketable. The focus of the workshop is on research surrounding the theory, design, speci?cation, analysis, implementation, and application of optical supercomputers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: design of optical computing devices; electro-optics devices for interacting with optical computing devices; practical implementations; analysis of existing devices and case studies; optical and laser switching technologies; applications and algorithms for optical devices; and alpha practical, x-rays and nano-technologies for optical computing. The First OSC workshop was held on August 26th, 2008, in Vienna, Austria, co-located with the 7th International Conference on Unconventional Computing. This volume contains eight contributions selected by the program committee andtwoinvitedpapers. Allsubmittedpaperswerereadandevaluatedbyatleast three program committee members, assisted by external reviewers. The review process was aided by the EasyChair system. OSC 2008 was organized in cooperation with OSA the Optical Society of America. The support of Ben-Gurion University and Babe?-Bolyai University is also gratefully acknowledged.

Author : Douglas Stone,Bruce Patton,Sheila Heen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780593511695

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Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone,Bruce Patton,Sheila Heen Pdf

The 10th-anniversary edition of the New York Times business bestseller-now updated with "Answers to Ten Questions People Ask" We attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day-whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client. From the Harvard Negotiation Project, the organization that brought you Getting to Yes, Difficult Conversations provides a step-by-step approach to having those tough conversations with less stress and more success. you'll learn how to: · Decipher the underlying structure of every difficult conversation · Start a conversation without defensiveness · Listen for the meaning of what is not said · Stay balanced in the face of attacks and accusations · Move from emotion to productive problem solving

Author : Peter Somerville,Nigel Sprigings
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0415283663

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Housing and Social Policy by Peter Somerville,Nigel Sprigings Pdf

The chapters in this book each consider a specific social category, such as class, gender, or disability, and evaluate the experience and understanding of housing and social policy under these categories.

Author : Steven H. Kim
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Creative ability in business
ISBN : 9780195060171

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Essence of Creativity by Steven H. Kim Pdf

This unique book explores the nature of challenging problems and describes the creative techniques for addressing them. It is particularly relevant for problems that admit no obvious solution, whether they concern scientific knowledge, technology, the arts, or social situations.

Author : Puay Yok Tan,Chi Yung Jim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811041136

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Greening Cities by Puay Yok Tan,Chi Yung Jim Pdf

This book offers an overview of recent scientific and professional literature on urban greening and urban ecology, focusing on diverse disciplines such as landscape architecture, geography, urban ecology, urban climatology, biodiversity conservation, urban governance, architecture and urban hydrology. It includes contributions in which academics, public policy experts and practitioners share their considerable knowledge on the multi-faceted aspects of greening cities. The greening of cities has witnessed a global resurgence over the past two decades and has made a significant contribution to urban liveability and sustainability, as well as increasing resilience. As urban greening efforts continue to expand, it is useful to promote recent advances in our understanding of various aspects of planning, design and management of urban greenery, but at the same time, it is also important to realize that there are important gaps in our knowledge and that further research is needed. The book is organized in three main parts: concepts, functions and forms of urban greening. The first part examines the historical roots of greening cities and how the burgeoning field of urban ecology can contribute useful principles and strategies to guide the planning, design and management of urban greening. The second part shifts the focus to the diverse range of services – the functions – provided by urban greening, such as those related to urban climate, urban biodiversity, human health, and community building. The final part explores conventional, often neglected, but important forms of urban greenery such as urban woodlands and urban farms, as well as relatively recent forms of urban greenery like those integrated with buildings and waterways. It offers a ready reference resource for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers to grasp the critical issues and trigger further studies and applications in the quest for high-performance green cities.

Author : Satchidananda Dehuri,Bhabani Shankar Prasad Mishra,Pradeep Kumar Mallick,Sung-Bae Cho,Margarita N. Favorskaya
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030390334

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Biologically Inspired Techniques in Many-Criteria Decision Making by Satchidananda Dehuri,Bhabani Shankar Prasad Mishra,Pradeep Kumar Mallick,Sung-Bae Cho,Margarita N. Favorskaya Pdf

This book addresses many-criteria decision-making (MCDM), a process used to find a solution in an environment with several criteria. In many real-world problems, there are several different objectives that need to be taken into account. Solving these problems is a challenging task and requires careful consideration. In real applications, often simple and easy to understand methods are used; as a result, the solutions accepted by decision makers are not always optimal solutions. On the other hand, algorithms that would provide better outcomes are very time consuming. The greatest challenge facing researchers is how to create effective algorithms that will yield optimal solutions with low time complexity. Accordingly, many current research efforts are focused on the implementation of biologically inspired algorithms (BIAs), which are well suited to solving uni-objective problems. This book introduces readers to state-of-the-art developments in biologically inspired techniques and their applications, with a major emphasis on the MCDM process. To do so, it presents a wide range of contributions on e.g. BIAs, MCDM, nature-inspired algorithms, multi-criteria optimization, machine learning and soft computing.

Author : Mihnea Moldoveanu
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780804773041

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Inside Man by Mihnea Moldoveanu Pdf

Inside Man explores the practice of modeling human ways of being in real time. It makes the process and the phenomenon of modeling transparent and explicit, and clarifies the reasons for which modeling human behavior has to be an interactive process between the modeler and the modeled.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1198 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1973-02
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCAL:B3149390

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Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the session of the Parliament.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Educational broadcasting
ISBN : UOM:39015021436616

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Educational Broadcasting International by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Pascale, Sternin Jerry Sternin Monique
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781422110669

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The Power Of Positive Deviance by Richard Pascale, Sternin Jerry Sternin Monique Pdf

Think of the toughest problems in your organization or community. What if they'd already been solved and you didn't even know it? In The Power of Positive Deviance, the authors present a counterintuitive new approach to problem-solving. Their advice? Leverage positive deviants--the few individuals in a group who find unique ways to look at, and overcome, seemingly insoluble difficulties. By seeing solutions where others don't, positive deviants spread and sustain needed change. With vivid, firsthand stories of how positive deviance has alleviated some of the world's toughest problems (malnutrition in Vietnam, staph infections in hospitals), the authors illuminate its core practices, including: · Mobilizing communities to discover "invisible" solutions in their midst · Using innovative designs to "act" your way into a new way of thinking instead of thinking your way into a new way of acting · Confounding the organizational "immune response" seeking to sustain the status quo Inspiring and insightful, The Power of Positive Deviance unveils a potent new way to tackle the thorniest challenges in your own company and community. Richard Pascale is an associate fellow of Templeton College, Oxford University, and author or coauthor of numerous books, including Managing on the Edge, Surfing the Edge of Chaos, and The Art of Japanese Management. Jerry Sternin was the world's leading expert in the application of positive deviance as a tool for addressing social and behavioral change. Monique Sternin has been an equal partner in these efforts and now heads the Positive Deviance Institute at Tufts University

Author : Mark Runco
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135065843

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Festschrift for Howard E. Gruber by Mark Runco Pdf

Howard E. Gruber has changed the domain of creative studies in several ways: by making it more realistic with his systems theory, introducing the idea of "a theory of the individual" and developing a method to this ends, and positioning the domain of creative studies where it can build on the domain of morality. He has opened more than a few eyes to a new domain--moral creativity--and this special issue shows Gruber's influence in this regard. As a result, this first Festschrift of Creativity Research Journal provides readers with unique, novel, and creative ideas.

Author : Mike Pedler
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0566077957

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Action Learning in Practice by Mike Pedler Pdf

Fully revised and updated, this third edition of Action Learning in Practice covers the origins of Reg Revans's ideas, and looks at their development and application today. Over the last decade the move towards action-based organisational training and development has accelerated and action learning is now an established part of the education and development mainstream in large and small organisations.