Dealing with Differences
Dramas of Mediating Public Disputes
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 5 November 2009
- ISBN 9780195385892
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 152x236x22 mm
- Weight 502 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Conflict and dispute pervade political and policy discussions. Moreover, unequal power relations tend to heighten levels of conflict. In this context of contention, figuring out ways to accommodate others and reach solutions that are agreeable to all is a perennial challenge for activists, politicians, planners, and policymakers. John Forester is one of America's eminent scholars of activist planning and dispute resolution in the policy arena, and in Dealing with Differences he focuses on a series of 'hard cases'-conflicts that appeared to be insoluble yet which were resolved in the end. Forester ranges across the country-from Hawaii to Maryland to Washington State-and across issues-the environment, ethnic conflict, and HIV. Throughout, he focuses on how innovative mediators settled seemingly intractable disputes. Between pessimism masquerading as 'realism' and the unrealistic idealism that 'we can all get along,' Forester identifies the middle terrain where disputes do actually get resolved in ways that offer something for all sides. Dealing with Difference s serves as an authoritative and fundamentally pragmatic pathway for anyone who has to engage in the highly contentious worlds of planning and policymaking.
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Conflict and dispute pervade political and policy discussions. Moreover, unequal power relations tend to heighten levels of conflict. In this context of contention, figuring out ways to accommodate others and reach solutions that are agreeable to all is a perennial challenge for activists, politicians, planners, and policymakers. John Forester is one of America's eminent scholars of progressive planning and dispute resolution in the policy arena, and in Dealing with Differences he focuses on a series of 'hard cases'--conflicts that appeared to be insoluble yet which were resolved in the end. Forester ranges across the country--from Hawaii to Maryland to Washington State--and across issues--the environment, ethnic conflict, and HIV. Throughout, he focuses on how innovative mediators settled seemingly intractable disputes. Between pessimism masquerading as 'realism' and the unrealistic idealism that 'we can all get along,' Forester identifies the middle terrain where disputes do actually get resolved in ways that offer something for all sides. Dealing with Differences serves as an authoritative and fundamentally pragmatic pathway for anyone who has to engage in the highly contentious worlds of planning and policymaking.
Intended as a 'guide' to tackling complex social issues, Forester's book will serve as a very useful starting point for mediators and organizers alike. Many readers will benefit from reading it carefully to savor the message and reflect on the lessons, then looking for advice and inspiration, returning to it again and again.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction: Discovery, Creativity and Change in the Face of Conflict
Part One: When Parties Conflict, Expect That More's Possible Than Anyone Says
Beyond Promises: Making Public Participation and Democratic Deliberation Work
Cultivating Surprise and the Art of the Possible: Dramas of Mediating Differences
Part Two: Respecting Value Differences and Acting Practically Together Too
Exploring Values-based Disputes
Dealing with Deep Value Differences in Participatory Processes
Part Three: From Venting and Posturing to Learning and Proposing
In the Face of Deep Value Differenes: Negotiating HIV/AIDS Priority-Setting
Planning, Mediation, Participation and Posturing: What's a Facilitative Leader Do?
Part Four: From Arguing to Inventing, From Presuming to Enabling Action
Making Public Participation in Governance Work: Distinguishing and Integrating Dialogue, Debate, and Negotiation
Envisioning Possibilities: How Humor and Irony Enact Recognition, Build Power
Conclusion: Transforming Participatory Processes: Integrating and Transcending Dialogue, Debate, and Negotiation
Appendices
Endnotes
Bibliography
