The promise of mediation

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The award-winning first edition of The Promise of Mediation, published ten years ago, is a landmark classic that changed the field's understanding of the theory and practice of conflict intervention. That volume first articulated the "transformative model" of mediation, which greatly humanized the vision of how the mediation process could help parties in conflict. In the past decade, the transformative model has proved itself and gained increasing acceptance. It is now being used in such diverse arenas as workplace, community, family, organizational, and public policy conflicts, among others. In this new edition, the authors draw on a decade of work in theory development, training, practice, research, and assessment to present a thoroughly revised and updated account of the transformative model of mediation and its practical application, including a compelling description of how the field has moved toward increasing acceptance of th...

subjects: Law,  Interpersonal conflict,  Mediation,  Conflict management,  Nonfiction,  Social conflict,  Social interaction,  Conflict (Psychology),  Conflict Resolution,  Business / Economics / Finance,  Sociology - General,  Social Science,  Sociology,  Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation,  Negotiating,  Law / Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation,  Applied Psychology,  Conflits sociaux,  Konfliktregelung,  Interaction sociale,  Conflit interpersonnel,  Conflictmanagement,  Arbitrage,  Bemiddeling,  Gestion des conflits,  Conflit (Psychologie),  Médiation,  71.40 social processes: general,  Conflict, psychological,  Dissent and disputes,  Hm1126 .b87 2005,  Hm 1116 b978 2005,  303.6/9,  Psychological Conflict