If you are in search of a concise yet authoritative overview of mediation as a process of dispute resolution, then you need look no further.
Marian Roberts' A-Z of Mediation succinctly captures the concepts, applications, debates and critiques that are shaping this rapidly expanding field. Expertly organised into just over 80 entries, the book combines theory, research and practitioner experience to provide a wealth of insight and analysis.
The book's unique A-Z format makes it an ideal point of reference. Numerous cross-references are in place to guide you through the material and highlight the field's connecting strands. The key classic and contemporary readings are also systematically signposted, topic by topic, drawn from an extensive multidisciplinary literature.
Whether you are studying, training or already in practice, this book provides an invaluable source of clarity as well as a comprehensive map of the field.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- acknowledgements
- how to use this book
- table of statutes and statutory instruments
- list of abbreviations
- list of organizations
- introduction
- adjudication
- Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
- alternative dispute resolution (ADR) (includes appropriate and proportionate dispute resolution)
- applications of mediation
- aptitude
- arbitration
- artistry
- attributes of the mediator
- authority
- bargaining
- bargaining power
- the Bromley Model of family mediation (includes the Coogler Model of Structured Mediation)
- the caucus (includes private meetings)
- children and mediation
- church mediation
- civil and commercial mediation (includes crossborder mediation)
- collaborative law
- community mediation (includes neighbourhood mediation)
- conciliation
- confidentiality
- conflict
- Confucianism and mediation
- court linked mediation (includes in-court mediation)
- craftsmanship
- critiques of ADR and mediation
- cross cultural aspects of mediation
- decision-making (includes umpiring)
- dispute resolution
- disputes
- domestic abuse (includes domestic violence)
- Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) (includes the mini-trial)
- elder mediation
- environmental mediation
- ethics of mediation (includes respect and values)
- evaluative mediation
- fairness
- family mediation (includes divorce and matrimonial mediation)
- grievance resolution
- Harvard Negotiation Project (includes principled negotiation)
- impartiality
- industrial relations mediation
- informal justice
- international child abduction mediation (includes child abduction mediation)
- international family mediation (includes cross border mediation)
- international mediation
- judicial mediation (includes the case management conference)
- justice
- knowledge
- law
- lawyers in mediation (includes mediation advocacy)
- mandation (includes compulsory mediation)
- Med-Arb
- mediation
- the mediation process (includes communication and process)
- the mediator
- medical mediation
- models of mediation (includes shuttle mediation)
- negotiation
- neutrality
- the Ombudsman
- online mediation
- party control (includes autonomy and decisionmaking authority)
- power
- principles of mediation (includes procedural flexibility and voluntary participation)
- privilege
- professional regulation of mediation (includes standards)
- quality assurance (includes standards)
- representative negotiations (includes lawyer negotiation and litigation)
- research
- restorative justice (includes victim/offender mediation)
- Special Educational Needs (SEN) mediation (includes education mediation)
- Specialist Child Care Mediation (includes family group conferences and public law mediation)
- strategies (includes negative positioning and questioning)
- stress
- styles of mediation
- supervision (includes professional practice consultancy)
- theory (includes narrative mediation and problem solving mediation)
- therapeutic mediation (includes systems theory)
- third persons in mediation (includes translators)
- training
- transformative mediation
- UK College of Family Mediators (includes College of Mediators)
- United Nations mediation
- workplace mediation (includes employment mediation)
- youth mediation (includes gang, homelessness and peer mediation)
- the zero-sum game
- Bibliography
- Index
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