ISBN:
9780415517201
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 244 S.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Fugitive Identity of Mediation
DDC:
347/.09
Keywords:
Mediation
;
Dispute resolution (Law)
;
Arbitration and award
;
Commercial law
;
Mediation
;
Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit
Abstract:
Despite much having been written about what mediation is, direct observations of commercial mediations are limited. This book grants an opportunity to observe mediation in action and also provides external commentary about the actions observed. The book approaches Mediation ethnographically as a social process that is informed by structures, rules and norms that colour the environment within which it operates. Through the ethnographic method, a process leading to negotiated order is examined, baring its elements, identifying its influences and studying the movement to order. The resu
Description / Table of Contents:
Unmasking the mediation process : an ethnographic approach to the study of mediationMy villageMediation : exploring the prismNegotiated order : the processual framework of negotiationThe native voiceThe mediation quintet : hidden identitiesEpilogue:The fugitive identity of mediation : negotiations, shift changes and allusionary action.