The Mediation Handbook (eBook, ePUB)

Research, theory, and practice
Redaktion: Georgakopoulos, Alexia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book gathers leading experts across fields related to peace, justice, human rights, and conflict resolution to explore ways that mediation can be applied to a range of spectrums, including new age settings, relationships, organizations, institutions, communities, environmental conflicts, and intercultural and international conflicts. The text is informed by cogent theory, state-of-the-art research, and best practices to provide the reader with a well-rounded understanding of mediation practice in contemporary times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317300694
• Artikelnr.: 49271562

Autorenporträt

Alexia Georgakopoulos is a Professor in the Department of Conflict Studies at Nova Southeastern University, USA. She is the Director of the Institute of Conflict Resolution and Communication, a mediation and conflict resolution training and consulting firm specializing in delivering educational training and mediation certification to professionals. A world-class scholar and practitioner in mediation with numerous articles, book chapters, and speaking engagements, she was featured on NBC's Today Show to discuss peace in the diverse world.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Revealing the World of Mediation
Alexia Georgakopoulos
Part I: Promoting Dynamic Mediation in the New Age
1. Mediation Career Trends through Time: Exploring Opportunities and
Challenges
Craig Zelizer & Colleen Chiochetti
2. Online Technology: The New Frontier for Mediation and Conflict
Engagement
Daniel Rainey & Alan Tidwell
3. Story-Based Inter-Group Mediation
Jessica Senehi
4. The Intersection of Improv and Mediation
Farshad Farahat, Charles Goesel & Alexia Georgakopoulos
5. Value-Centered Mediation: The Centrality and Use of Meaning and
Values
Mark Kleiman
6. Electronic Mediation
Daniel Druckman & Sabine T. Koeszegi
7. Mediation and Spirituality
Zena D. Zumeta
Part II: Mediating in Relational Settings
8. Transformative Mediation: Illustrating a Relational View of Conflict
Intervention
Joseph P. Folger & Dan Simon
9. Narrative Mediation of Family Conflict
John Winslade
10. Victim Offender Mediation: A Humanistic Approach
Mark Umbreit & Toran Hansen
11. Brain Science Behind Mediating Relational Conflicts
Thomas DiGrazia
12. Mindfulness in Mediation as a Relational Practice
Ran Kuttner
13. Mediation and Collaboration with Multiple Disciplines: The
Implementation of Systemic Theory in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Tommie Boyd & Randy Heller
14. Dynamic Mediation: Integrating Forgiveness
John Zivojinovic
Part III: Mediating in Organizational and Institutional Settings
15. Mediation Within and Between Organizations
Christopher Moore
16. Organizational Conflict Management Systems: The Emergence of
Mediators as Conflict Resolution Professionals
Alexia Georgakopoulos, Harold Coleman, Jr. & Rebecca Storrow
17. Effectiveness of Mediation in the State Agency Grievance Process
Jessica Katz Jameson, RaJade M. Berry-James, Dennis M. Daley &
Jerrell D. Coggburn
18. The Prison of Peace Project: A Model for Community Transformation
Douglas E. Noll
19. Mediation and Dispute Resolution Services in Higher Education
Neil H. Katz
20. Mediation as a Tool for Resolvng Workplace Conflicts
LaVena Wilkin
21. Health Care Mediation: Promoting Workplace Collaboration and Patient
Safety
Robin Cooper
22. Institutional Mediation and Access to Justice in the State Court
System of the United States
Rebecca Storrow
Part IV: Mediating in Community Settings
23. Promoting Peaceful Communities: The Challenges and Benefits of
Community-Police Mediation
Evan Hoffman
24. Sustaining Peer Mediation: Remaining Challenges and Opportunities for
Peace Educators
Cheryl Duckworth
25. Encouraging Effectiveness through Communication Competence in
Community Mediation
Brian L. Heisterkamp
26. The Space of Conflict: Aesthetic Lessons for Mediators
Dorit Cypis
27. From Peers to Parents: Transferring Peer Mediation Skills from School
to Family
Vitus Ozoke
Part V: Mediating within Environmental Settings
28. Conflict, Climate Change, and Environmental Catastrophe: How
Mediators Can Help Save the Planet
Kenneth Cloke
29. Mediators as Leaders in Climate Change: The Power of Neutrality
Thomas Fiutak
30. The Role of Mediation in Large-Scale Collaborative Initiatives
Marcelle E. DuPraw
31. Mediation at the Nexus of Climate Change and Conflict
Oliver Leighton Barrett
32. The Public Sector as Mediator: The Role of Public Institutions in
Environmental Collaborations and Conflict Resolution
William Hall & Michael Kern
Part VI: Mediating in International and Intercultural Settings
33. Thinking Locally, Acting Globally: Mediating Beyond Borders and
Integrated Global Capacity Building
Kenneth Cloke
34. International Multiparty Mediation
Sinia Vukovi¿
35. Exploring International Mediation: Past, Present and Beyond
Lynn Cole
36. Culture, Religion, and Politics in International Mediation
Mohammed Abu-Nimer & Timothy Seidel
37. International Mediation: Some Observations and Reflections
Sean Byrne
38. Success and Failure of International Mediation: Examining Causes and
Conditions that Impede or Assist Process Success
Brian Polkinghorn, Anthony Yost & Matt Swiderski
39. Mediation and the Challenge of Fostering Reconciliation in
Ethno-Political Disputes: The Case of Guyana
Perry Mars, Frederic Pearson & Marie Olson-Lounsbery
40. Mediating in the Shadow of Conflict: United States Special Operations
Forces in Unconventional Warfare
Christian Ramthun, Raffi Mnatzakanian & Patrick James Christian
41. Religion and Mediation: Strange Bedfellows or Natural Allies?
S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana
42. Mediating Peacebuilding in Protracted Conflicts: An Interactive
Design Framework
Benjamin Broome
Conclusion: The Future of Mediation in a Changing World
George A. Lopez