New directions in mediation : communication research and perspectives / Joseph P. Folger and Tricia S. Jones, editors.
Contributor(s): Folger, Joseph P
| Jones, Tricia S.
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BookPublisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 1994Description: xv, 263 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0803955502; 0803955510.Subject(s): Communication | MediationDDC classification: 302.2 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 302.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00018690 |
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This volume provides valuable new insights into the process of mediation from a communication perspective. The contributors: provide theoretical perspectives that increase an understanding of the ongoing interaction in mediation; reveal new ways to understand the structure of the intervention process; illustrate how specific communicative acts shape the realities of mediators and disputants, and influence the outcomes; suggest critical contextual factors that should be considered in order to guide mediation more effectively; and examine dialogue with practitioners about ways in which these ideas can be translated into practice.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-250) and index.
Part I: Communication perspectives on the nature of discourse in mediation -- Ideology, orientation to conflict, and mediation discourse / Joseph P. Folger and Robert A. Baruch Bush -- A dialectical reframing of the mediation process / Tricia S. Jones -- A narrative perspective on mediation: toward the materialization of the "storytelling" metaphor / Sara Cobb -- Part II: Shaping reality through discourse -- The deep structure of reality in mediation / Stephen W. Littlejohn, Jonathan Shailor and W. Barnett Pearce -- The interactive construction of interventions by divorce mediators / David Greatbatch and Robert Dingwall -- "Talking like a mediator": Conversational moves of experienced divorce mediators / Karen Tracy and Anna Spradin -- Part III: Contextual influences on intervention -- Communication issues in mediating cultural conflict / William A. Donohue and Mary I. Bresnahan -- "Teach your children well": Recommendations for peer mediation programs / Tricia S. Jones and Heidi Brinkman -- Managerial third parties: intervention strategies, process and consequences / Rekha Karambayya and Jeanne M. Brett -- Part IV: Practitioners' perspectives -- Why do we mediate? / Carl M. Moore -- The practitioner's dilemma / Janet Rifkin -- Mediator communication and influence in conflict management interventions: a practitioner's reflections on theory and practice / Christopher W. Moore -- Epilogue: Toward furthering dialogue between researchers and practitioners.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- Part 1 Communication Perspectives on the Nature of Discourse in Mediation
- Ideology, Orientations to Conflict and Mediation Discourse
- A Dialectical Reframing of the Mediation Process
- A Narrative Perspective on Mediation
- Toward the Materialization of the 'Storytelling' Metaphor
- Part 2 Shaping Reality Through Discourse
- The Deep Structure of Reality in Mediation
- The Interactive Construction of Interventions by Divorce Mediators
- 'Talking Like a Mediator'
- Conversational Moves of Experienced Divorce Mediators
- Part 3 Contextual Influences on Intervention
- Communication Issues in Mediating Cultural Conflict
- 'Teach Your Children Well'
- Suggestions for Peer Mediation Programs
- Managerial Third Parties
- Intervention Strategies, Process, and Consequences
- Part 4 Practitioners' Perspectives
- Why Do We Mediate?
- The Practitioner's Dilemma
- Mediator Communication and Influence in Conflict Management Interventions
- A Practitioner's Reflections on Theory and Practice
- Epilogue
- Toward a Dialogue Between Researchers and Practitioners