Dealing with differences : dramas of mediating public disputes /

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Author / Creator:Forester, John, 1948-
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description:ix, 228 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7784268
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ISBN:9780195385892 (hardback : alk. paper)
0195385896 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780195385908 (pbk. : alk. paper)
019538590X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Discovery, Creativity and Change in the Face of Conflict
  • Part 1. When Parties Conflict, Expect That More's Possible Than Anyone Says
  • 1. Beyond Promises: Making Public Participation and Democratic Deliberation Work
  • 2. Cultivating Surprise and the Art of the Possible: Dramas of Mediating Differences
  • Part 2. Respecting Value Differences and Acting Practically Together Too
  • 3. Exploring Values-based Disputes
  • 4. Dealing with Deep Value Differences in Participatory Processes
  • Part 3. From Venting and Posturing to Learning and Proposing
  • 5. In the Face of Deep Value Differenes: Negotiating HIV/AIDS Priority-Setting
  • 6. Planning, Mediation, Participation and Posturing: What's a Facilitative Leader Do?
  • Part 4. From Arguing to Inventing, From Presuming to Enabling Action
  • 7. Making Public Participation in Governance Work: Distinguishing and Integrating Dialogue, Debate, and Negotiation
  • 8. Envisioning Possibilities: How Humor and Irony Enact Recognition, Build Power
  • 9. Conclusion: Transforming Participatory Processes: Integrating and Transcending Dialogue, Debate, and Negotiation
  • Appendices
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography