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Managing the Mediation Environment

This excerpt is reprinted with permission from Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Company. It is drawn from I Hear What You Say,...

By Barbara G. Madonik
I Hear What You Are Saying, But What Are You Telling Me (Book Review) author.

I Hear What You Are Saying, But What Are You Telling Me (Book Review)

Order at Amazon.comMost people practicing ADR would agree that there is a lot of communication that occurs non-verbally in the...

By Jon Linden
Managing Public Disputes:  A Practical Guide for Government, Business and Citizens’ Groups (Book Review) author.

Managing Public Disputes: A Practical Guide for Government, Business and Citizens’ Groups (Book Review)

Order at Amazon.comIn this book Carpenter and Kennedy update their original work first published in 1988. The authors propose the...

By Jon Linden
The Dynamics Of Conflict Resolution (Book Review) author.

The Dynamics Of Conflict Resolution (Book Review)

Order at Amazon.comIn Mayer’s book, “The Dynamics Of Conflict Resolution,” the author presents a particularly unique perspective on the resolution...

By Jon Linden
Mosten Lays It Out, Step by Step author.

Mosten Lays It Out, Step by Step

Order at Amazon.com In truly one of the finest books on building a mediation practice ever to be published, Mosten...

By Jon Linden

The Win-Win Solution: Guaranteeing Fair Shares to Everybody

Review by: The Aternative Newsletter Editor, Robert Kirkman Collins Published by: (W.W. Norton, New York, 1999; ISBN 0-393-32081-2 177 pp.)...

By Robert Kirkman Collins
The Mediation Field Guide: Transcending Litigation and Resolving Conflicts in Your Business or Organization author.

The Mediation Field Guide: Transcending Litigation and Resolving Conflicts in Your Business or Organization

Book Review: The Mediation Field Guide: Transcending Litigation and Resolving Conflicts in Your Business or Organization by Barbara Ashley Phillips...

By Jonathan W. Reitman
The Decade of Mediation Is Now author.

The Decade of Mediation Is Now

While the concept of ADR and Mediation had been in existence for over 50 years, it seems that within the...

By Jon Linden

A New Approach to Conflict Resolution

Order at Amazon.comChapter One: Narrative Mediation: What Is It? The universe is transformation: our life is what our thoughts make...

By Gerald Monk, John Winslade
The Making of a Mediator: Developing Artistry in Practice author.

The Making of a Mediator: Developing Artistry in Practice

The preface to this book is published with the consent of Jossey-Bass Publishers. Order at AmazonPreface Artistry is not a...

By Alison Taylor, Michael Lang

Conflict Resolution Wisdom from Africa

Review by Ampie Muller (Durban: Accord, 1997) "This article originally appeared in Track Two (Vol. 7 No. 1 April 1998)...

By Ampie Muller
Witness to Genocide: The Children of Rwanda (Book Review) author.

Witness to Genocide: The Children of Rwanda (Book Review)

Paul Wahrhaftig provides a review of Richard Salem's Witness to Genocide: The Children of Rwanda: Evode Kozamoko, a social worker,...

By Paul Wahrhaftig

The Dynamics of Conflict Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide

Reviewd by: The Aternative Newsletter Editor, Robert Kirkman Collins Published by: Jossey-Bass, San Francisco 2000 (Hardcover, 263 pp.) ISBN 0-7879-5019-X...

By Robert Kirkman Collins

The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work

Reviewd by: The Aternative Newsletter Editor, Robert Kirkman Collins Published by: (Prentice-Hall, 2000; ISBN 0-7357-0089-0, 340 pp., paper Second Edition)...

By Robert Kirkman Collins

Narrative Mediation: A New Approach to Conflict Resolution

Review by: The Aternative Newsletter Editor, Robert Kirkman Collins Published by: Jossey-Bass, 2000, 261 pp., ISBN 0-7879-4192-1. Order at Amazon.com...

By Robert Kirkman Collins

Secrets of Power Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator

Review by: The Alternative Newsletter Editor Published by: (Career Press, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, 1999; ISBN 1-56414-399-6; 319 pp.)(Second Edition)...

By Alternative Newsletter Editor

Arbitration Now: Opportunities for Fairness, Process Renewal and Invigoration

Review by: The Aternative Newsletter Editor, Robert Kirkman Collins Published by: (American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, 1999; ISBN...

By Robert Kirkman Collins
The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice (Book Review) author.

The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice (Book Review)

Reviewed by by Carrie Menkel-Meadow Professor of Law, Georgetown U Law Center Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 2000; 649pp.This review is...

By Carrie J. Menkel-Meadow
Mediation and Arbitration of Employment Disputes author.

Mediation and Arbitration of Employment Disputes

Review by: Jane Becker Garzilli Published by: Jossey-Bass 1999, 223 pages. Order at Amazon.comJohn Dunlop and Arnold Zack, respected authorities...

By Jane B. Garzilli
The Big Secret, excerpt from Finding Common Ground, A Field Guide to Mediation author.

The Big Secret, excerpt from Finding Common Ground, A Field Guide to Mediation

Order at Amazon.com We dance round in a ring and suppose But the Secret sits in the middle and knows....

By Barbara Ashley Phillips
Mediaciòn: Alternativa para la resoluciòn de conflictos author.

Mediaciòn: Alternativa para la resoluciòn de conflictos

"Win-win" ("ganar-ganar") has reached Cuba. Thanks to the vision of law professor Armando Castanedo Abay of the Universidad de La...

By Armando Castaneda Abay
Conflict and Culture: A Literature Review and Bibliography (1992-1998 update) author.

Conflict and Culture: A Literature Review and Bibliography (1992-1998 update)

Review by: The Alternative Newsletter Editor, James Boskey Published by: The Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University,...

By Michelle LeBaron, Stephen Garon

ADR Personalities and Practice Tips

Review by: The Alternative Newsletter Editor, James Boskey Published by: American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section, 740 15th St. NW,...

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Rambo and the Dalai Lama: The Compulsion to Win and Its Threat to Human Survival

(Albany: SUNY Press, 1998) with a Foreward by the Dalai Lama Order at Amazon.comThis book builds from the proposition that...

By Gordon Fellman

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