Journal article
Conflict Management in Land, River, and Maritime Claims
Political science research and methods, Vol.7(1), pp.43-61
01/2019
DOI: 10.1017/psrm.2016.56
Abstract
Why do disputants favor some conflict management strategies when managing certain territorial claim types—land, river, or maritime—but not others? We propose that state interests—defined via claim characteristics and interdependence—and transaction costs (i.e., the challenges associated with aggregating state preferences over outcomes) differ across claim types. These differences then incentivize states to cede varying levels of control over claim management, ultimately encouraging them to prioritize and institutionalize certain conflict management strategies when managing particular types of territorial claims. More specifically, we theorize and find that states pursue distinct management strategies when addressing their land (informal; bilateral negotiations and arbitration), river (more formal; third-party non-binding), and maritime claims (most formal; multilateral negotiations and legal processes).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Conflict Management in Land, River, and Maritime Claims
- Creators
- Andrew P OwsiakSara McLaughlin Mitchell
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Political science research and methods, Vol.7(1), pp.43-61
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK
- DOI
- 10.1017/psrm.2016.56
- ISSN
- 2049-8470
- eISSN
- 2049-8489
- Number of pages
- 19
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Political Science; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9983920522902771
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