Mediating Dangerously

Sometimes it's necessary to push beyond the usual limits of themediation process to achieve deeper and more lasting change.Mediating Dangerously shows how to reach beyond technical andtraditional intervention to the outer edges and dark places ofdispute resolution, where risk taking is essential and fundamentalchange is the desired result. It means opening wounds and lookingbeneath the surface, challenging comfortable assumptions, andexploring dangerous issues such as dishonesty, denial, apathy,domestic violence, grief, war, and slavery in order to reach adeeper level of transformational change. Mediating Dangerously shows conflict resolution professionals howto advance beyond the traditional steps, procedures, and techniquesof mediation to unveil its invisible heart and soul and to revealthe subtle and sensitive engine that drives the process of personaland organizational transformation. This book is a major newcontribution to the literature of conflict resolution that willinspire and educate professionals in the field for years to come.

Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law is an ideal and up-to-date text For The new generation of practice-oriented dispute resolution courses. This lively new book captures a lawyer's perspective on resolving disputes effectively and prepares your students to represent clients effectively in all forms of alternative dispute resolution. This timely and teachable text: presents class-tested material designed For The survey course, with sections on negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and hybrid designs integrates theory with strategies, ethics, And The law emphasizes practice applications and useful approaches focuses on the lawyer's perspective; the negotiation section highlights professional negotiation as an agent for clients, while the mediation and arbitration sections stress the role of the representational lawyer includes examples drawn from headline cases, literature, and lawyers' experiences, adding To The realism and relevance of the text excerpts the most important and recent articles and cases draws on the authorsiquest; extensive experience and from their key roles with major dispute resolution provider organizations as well as their many years of teaching, training, and practicing ADR A complete Teacher's Manual helps instructors prepare for class with: detailed syllabi comprehensive teaching notes provocative discussion points tested exercises and role-plays linked To The text DVD/video coordinated with the text and role-plays (available to adopters) If you want to convey more than the basics and prepare your students for successful, enlightened practice, turn to Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law For The most current and most realistic exploration of ADR.

What distinguishes this textbook from most other books on mediation is the way it links together the now classical elements of the mediation process with the explicit values and attitudes of the mediator, regardless of whether these concern technical matters, philosophical attitudes, or values. No matter what type of conflict is the subject of mediation or who the parties are, these must guide and motivate the mediator. The book guides prospective mediators through the mediation process, and because of its educational aim, the book is structured as if the process is schematic, with each phase easily identifiable, even though in practice, this is far from always being the case.