Mediating dangerously : the frontiers of conflict resolution / Kenneth Cloke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cloke, Ken, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management.

Mediation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sometimes it's necessary to push beyond the usual limits of the mediation process to achieve deeper and more lasting change. Mediating Dangerously shows how to reach beyond technical and traditional intervention to the outer edges and dark places of dispute resolution, where risk taking is essential and fundamental change is the desired result. It means opening wounds and looking beneath the surface, challenging comfortable assumptions, and exploring dangerous issues such as dishonesty, denial, apathy, domestic violence, grief, war, and slavery in order to reach a deeper level of transformatio

Contents:

Mediating Dangerously; Contents; Preface; Part One: The Inner Frontiers; 1 The Dangers of Mediation; 2 Suppression, Settlement, and Resolution; 3 Honesty and Empathy: Speaking the Unspeakable; 4 When Helping Becomes a Hindrance; 5 Exploring the Conflicts Within Ourselves; 6 Mediating Fear, Apathy, Insanity, and Dishonesty; 7 Dismantling the Desire for Revenge; 8 The Magic of Forgiveness; 9 The Significance of Spirit; 10 Conflict as a Spiritual Path; Part Two: The Outer Frontiers; 11 Mediating Fascism and Oppressive Relationships; 12 Power, Rights, and Interests

13 Creating Responsible Communities14 What's Better Than the Rule of Law; 15 Shifting from Debate to Dialogue; 16 Improving the Way We Fight; 17 Transforming the System; 18 The Politics of Conflict; 19 Conflict Resolution Systems Design and the United Nations; 20 Where Inner and Outer Frontiers Meet; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786610350940

9781280350948

1280350946

9780470245255

0470245255

9780787959296

0787959294

OCLC:

53820122