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Content -- What do we really Mean by Power and Politics? A Review of the Literature -- The Study of Power and Politics in Management -- Definitions of Power and Politics -- What Do we Know about Power and Politics? -- Conclusion: The Research Challenge -- A Systems View of Organizational Politics -- Abstract -- A Systems View of Organizational Politics -- The Theoretical Context of the Political Subsystem: The Negotiated Order -- The Role of the Political Subsystem and the Areas It Addresses -- The Elements that Configure the Political Subsystem, -- Conclusion -- Temptations and Dilemmas in the Interpretive Perspective on Organizational Politics -- Organizational Politics from Multiple Perspectives -- A Comparison of Functionalist and Interpretive Perspectives on Politics -- A Case Study of Organizational Budget Setting -- Analysis -- Conclusion -- Towards the Business Politics Approach and the Field of Research -- Types of Political Activities -- The Different Meanings of Policy and Politics -- Central Focus of the Business Politics Approach -- Areas of Investigation -- Conceptual Framework: Relevance and further Development -- Towards a System of Business Political Goal Formulation -- The Elements and Processes of Business Political Goal Formulation -- The Influence of Disposable Power Basis on the Business Political Scope of Action -- The Consequences of Alternative Business Political Actions -- Concluding Remarks -- Conflict Relationships in Organizations A Concept of Measurement -- Why Measurement of Conflicts? -- Previous Methods of Measurement -- Measuring Conflicting Relationships -- Summary and Conclusion -- Conflict-Handling in Industry-Wide Codes -- Definition and Contents of Industry-Wide Codes -- Causes of Conflict in Industry-Wide Codes -- Alternative Methods of Conflict-Handling -- Environmental Delimitation -- Methods of Goal Delimitation -- Conclusion -- The Political Consequences of Organizational Cultures: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures -- Politics and Culture -- Political Consequences -- Information Processing -- Cultural Patterns -- A Typology of Organization Culture -- Implications or Managers -- Conclusion -- The Business-Political Dimension of the Internationalization of Enterprises -- A Case Example of Internationalization -- The Distinction between Strategic and Business Political Decisions of Internationalization -- The Apolitical Approach of Transaction-Cost Theory -- The Perspective of the Business-Politics Concept -- Business-Political Alternatives of Conflict-Handling.

Mediation is a popular process to prevent conflicts over common resources, but there is little clean insight into its effectiveness and mechanisms. Our experimental approach allows for a comprehensive analysis of third-party intervention into potential conflicts and circumvents key problems linked to the analysis of field data. A mediator who credibly threatens punishment in the case of uncooperative behavior achieves the efficient solution in most cases. Similar results are obtained even if the mediator is biased toward one party or has no incentive to intervene. When cooperation fails, communication without credible punishment threats leads to particularly low payouts for the "losing" party. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright holder.]

Over the past decade, a new awareness of the relationship between conflicts and development has grown. Developmental factors can act as a trigger for violence, as well as for ending violence and for triggering post-conflict reconstruction. This book explores the complexity of the links between violent conflict (usually civil wars) and development, under-development and uneven development. It emphasises the connections between stable developed economies and civil wars in other parts of the world, and examines how structural factors (such as the organisation of the global economy) virtually condemn some regions to conflict and under-development. This valuable introductory text explains, reviews and critically evaluates this complex relationship. It focuses on intra-state conflicts and complex political emergencies that combine transnational and internal characteristics. Attention is also given to inter-state conflicts. Chapters emphasise how the relationship between conflict and development traverses many scales (macro, meso and micro) and dimensions (economic, political and cultural). Furthermore it explains how different developmental challenges and opportunities emerge along the full life cycle of conflict. Specifically, the role of poverty, state, market, civil society, globalisation, humanitarian aid, refuges, gender and health within conflict dynamics are examined. The book also investigates specific developmental issues emerging during conflict management and post conflict reconstruction. Both authors have a background in conducting research in deeply divided societies, and argue that many of the processes connected with war and peacemaking deliberately write people out of the equation. This book attempts to 'write people in'. By drawing on contemporary theoretical debates and examining current policies and events, the text unpacks the difficult and complex aspects of the relationships between armed conflict and development and makes them accessible, interesting and policy relevant. It considers how peacemaking, peacebuilding, and post-war reconstruction are usually more sustainable and successful if politicians, policymakers, entrepreneurs and those working for international NGOs take on board local opinion and capacity. Written in an accessible style, the book considers the main contemporary theories and arguments on conflict, development and the interactions between the two. The text is illuminated throughout with case studies drawn from Africa, the Balkans, Asia and the Middle East.