New Directions in Mediation

by Folger, Joseph P.; Jones, Tricia S.

• ISBN13: 9780803955509
• ISBN10: 0803955502
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-02-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Communication Perspectives on The Nature of Discourse in Mediation Ideology, Orientations to Conflict and Mediation Discourse

A Baruch Bush

A Dialectical Reframing of the Mediation Process

A Narrative Perspective on Mediation

Toward the Materialization of the `Storytelling' Metaphor

Shaping Reality Through Discourse The Deep Structure of Reality in Mediation

Pearce The Interactive Construction of Interventions by Divorce Mediators

`Talking Like a Mediator'

Conversational Moves of Experienced Divorce Mediators

Contextual Influences on Intervention Communication Issues in Mediating Cultural Conflict

A Donohue and Mary I Bresnahan `Teach Your Children Well'

Suggestions for Peer Mediation Programs Managerial Third Parties

Intervention Strategies, Process, and Consequences

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

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