Law and Development Colloquium
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The role intermediaries play in resolving land-taking disputes in socialist Asia has rarely been studied, but this inquiry is critical to understanding alternatives to courtbased dispute resolution. This paper explores how intermediaries, such as retired state officials, navigate in and around authoritarian regimes to resolve complex disputes that pit citizens against the state. Empirical studies based on in-depth interviews show how intermediaries bridge conceptual differences, reduce the emotional temperature, and promote the search for common ground and consensus. The findings compel researchers to consider intermediaries as alternatives to state-sponsored disputed resolution in authoritarian states.
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