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1 online resource (258 pages) |
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Mediation in Context; Introduction; 1. History and Overview of Mediation in the UK; 2. Family Mediation: Working to Support Separated Families; 3. Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation in Primary Schools; 4. Mediation in a South London Secondary School; 5. Community Mediation in an Urban Setting; 6. The Rural Mediation Service; 7. Community Mediation in the USA: Current Developments; 8. Victim-Offender Mediation in Practice; 9. Family Group Conferencing for Victims, Offenders and Communities; 10. The ACAS Approach to Employment Dispute Resolution; 11. Workplace Mediation |
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12. Commercial Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)13. Medical Mediation; 14. The Multicultural Elder Mediation Project (EMP): EMPowerment for Older, Disabled and Mentally Frail Persons; 15. Consensus Building and Environmental Decision Making; 16. Mediation in Situations of Large-scale Violence; The Contributors; Further reading; National Mediation Organisations in the UK; Subject Index; Author Index |
| Summary |
From its small beginnings in the UK 15-20 years ago, mediation has become well-known as a more positive method of resolving conflict than the adversarial methods we have been accustomed to using. Reflecting the range of contexts in which mediation is now used, this book includes chapters on: history of mediation in the UK mediation with divorced and separated couples peer mediation in schools resolving neighbour disputes in rural and urban settings victim-offender mediation and conferencing resolving workplace and industrial disputes commercial mediation dealing with patients' complaints about |
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Print version record |
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Conflict management -- Great Britain
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Conflict management.
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Mediation -- Great Britain
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Mediation.
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mediation.
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Counselling & Advice Services.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
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Conflict management
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Mediation
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bowers, Sue
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Bitel, Mark
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| ISBN |
9780857005809 |
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0857005804 |
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