Staying with conflict : a strategic approach to ongoing disputes
"In this groundbreaking book, Bernard Mayer, a pioneer in the field of conflict resolution, offers a new paradigm for dealing with long-term disputes. Mayer explains that when dealing with enduring conflict, mediators and other conflict resolution specialists need to move past the idea of how quickly they can resolve the conflict. Instead, they should focus on how they can help people prepare to engage with an issue over time. Once their attention is directed away from a speedy resolution to a long-term approach, new avenues of intervention become apparent."-- Unedited summary from book
1 online resource (xvii, 296 pages)
9780470429914, 9780470488874, 0470429917, 0470488875
391729043
A new direction for the conflict field
Conflict and engagement
Escaping the avoidance trap
Working the conflict narrative
Communicating in enduring conflict
Using power and escalation
Agreements in ongoing conflict
Taking a sustainable approach to enduring conflict
Conflict specialists and enduring conflict
Epilogue: the dynamic nature of enduring conflict