The Promise of Mediation: The Transformative Approach to Conflict, Revised EditionISBN: 978-0-7879-7483-1
Hardcover
304 pages
October 2004, Jossey-Bass
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The award-winning first edition of The Promise of Mediation,
published ten years ago, is a landmark classic that changed the
field's understanding of the theory and practice of conflict
intervention. That volume first articulated the "transformative
model" of mediation, which greatly humanized the vision of how the
mediation process could help parties in conflict. In the past
decade, the transformative model has proved itself and gained
increasing acceptance. It is now being used in such diverse arenas
as workplace, community, family, organizational, and public policy
conflicts, among others.
In this new edition, the authors draw on a decade of work in theory development, training, practice, research, and assessment to present a thoroughly revised and updated account of the transformative model of mediation and its practical application, including
- a compelling description of how the field has moved toward increasing acceptance of the transformative model
- a new and clearer presentation of the theory and practices of transformative mediation, with many concrete examples
- a new case study that provides a vivid picture of the model in practice, with a commentary full of new information about how to use it effectively
- clarifications of common misconceptions about the model
- a vision for the future that shows how the model can coexist with other approaches and where the "market" for transformative mediation is emerging