ABSTRACT
T he research fi eld “confl ict management” † is best understood as thoroughly
multidisciplinary, encompassing disciplines, such as international law, psychology, socio-biology, political science, economics, and social anthro-
pology. Focusing on questions of the source and nature of confl ict as well as on third-party interventions and their characteristics, the research community of confl ict management has done little to provide comprehensive state-of-the-art reviews (Reimann, 2004). In light of this diagnosis the present chapter sets out to review one particular subsection of the fi eld.
