Summary of Reading & What is Leverage
Summary of Reading & What is Leverage
Order Description
Question 1
Read the following:
Crocker, Chester A., Taming Intractable Conflicts, 119-145.
Smith, Amy L. and Smock, David R., Managing a Mediation Crisis, pp. 37-61.
Next, provide a 1- 2 page paper summarizing the readings. Use single-space, Times New Roman 12 point font.
Question 2
In about 2 pages:
Exercise focusing on leverage:
Ronald Reagan and the conditions needed for American leverage to be used in the building of a new South Africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UfVUiSnzsc
Questions:
1. What do you understand by “leverage” in President Reagan’s speech?
2. How could that leverage play a role in change in South Africa?
3. Give your own example of a case in your life when you had leverage that allowed for a desirable change to occur.
References:
Crocker, Chester A., Taming Intractable Conflicts, 119-145.
Smith, Amy L. and Smock, David R., Managing a Mediation Crisis, pp. 37-61.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UfVUiSnzsc

