The Promise of Mediation
Responding to Conflict Through Empowerment and Recognition
Published on 9. November 1994
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-0-7879-0027-4 (ISBN)
Description
Bring a fresh approach to the bargaining table Tap the transformative potential of mediation and discover the full promise of the mediation process. In this insightful work, the authors present an alternative theoretical framework that affords a deeper understanding of conflict and mediation ---- one based on respect for personal strength and compassion for others. Drawing on their own experience and a wide body of research, they offer mediation practitioners, administrators, policy makers, and researchers a new and useful perspective on how mediation is currently practiced, how it could be structured to accomplish more, and how to refine the process for future application.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
582 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-0027-4 (9780787900274)
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Robert A. Baruch Bush | Joseph P. Folger
The Promise of Mediation
The Transformative Approach to Conflict, Revised Edition
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Persons
ROBERT A. BARUCH BUSH is the Rains Distinguished Professor of Alternative Dispute Resolution Law at the Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York. He has written extensively on mediation and alternative dispute resolution scholarship from the Center for Public Resources. JOSEPH P. FOLGER is professor of communication and the associate dean for research and graduate study at the School of Communications and Theater, Temple University. He is coauthor (with M. S. Poole and R. K. Stutman) of the award--winning book Working Through Conflict: Strategies for Relationships, Groups and Organizations (2nd ed., 1993).
Content
Introduction: The Future of Mediation: What's at Stake and Why It Matters. MEDIATION AT THE CROSSROADS. 1. The Mediation Movement: Four Diverging Views. 2. Losing Sight of the Goal of Transformation: The Focus on Satisfaction and Settlement. 3. Solving Problems: The Limits of Current Mediation Practice. THE TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH TO MEDIATION. 4. Changing People, Not Just Situations: A Transformative View of Conflict and Mediation. 5. Rethinking the Process: A Case Example of How Mediation Might Work. 6. Capturing Opportunities for Empowerment and Recognition: A Case Analysis of Transformative Mediation in Practice. PRACTICING THE TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH. 7. Identifying Patterns for Practice: The Process of Transformative Mediation. 8. Avoiding Pitfalls in Transformative Mediation: The Connection Between Purpose and Practice. A LARGER CONTEXT FOR MEDIATION. 9. Underlying Values: Why Transformation Matters. 10. Implementing the Transformation Approach: Inroads and Obstacles.