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Getting to Wye
Author(s) -
Watkins Michael
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
negotiation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1571-9979
pISSN - 0748-4526
DOI - 10.1111/j.1571-9979.1999.tb00179.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , momentum (technical analysis) , political science , forcing (mathematics) , action (physics) , law and economics , law , sociology , physics , business , quantum mechanics , finance , atmospheric sciences
Using the recent Wye Memorandum negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians as a case example, the author applies a framework for analyzing momentum‐building processes previously presented in the July 1998 issue of the journal. Focusing on the impact of action‐forcing events, be examines the factors that led the parties to come to the table at Wye and to make the bard choices necessary to reach agreement. The Wye example illustrates that action‐forcing events can both help to build momentum and erect additional barriers to agreement.