Beyond neutrality
Subtitle: confronting the crisis in conflict resolution
By: Bernard S. Mayer.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Conflict management; Mediation
Description: "Beyond Neutrality focuses on the current crisis in the field of conflict resolution and offers a pragmatic response. Mayer urges practitioners to evolve from resolution to engagement and actual advocacy, going beyond neutrality in order to redefine conflict resolution at a level of participation more appropriate to the current era. Mayer argues that to be more effective, conflict resolution professionals must become conflict engagement specialists and thereby become a more powerful force for changing the way conflict is conducted. By building on the old roles of mediators and facilitators, conflict resolution professionals can dramatically expand what they offer to people in conflict."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The crisis; title: Conflict resolution: a field in crisis; title: The rejection of conflict resolution; title: The use (and misuse) of mediation; title: Ten beliefs that get in the way; title: Conflict resolution and society; title: From resolution to engagement; title: Engaging conflict; title: The conflict specialist; title: Embracing advocacy; title: The future of conflict resolution.