Mediation, Citizen Empowerment, and Transformational Politics / Edition 1

by Edward W. Schwerin

Overview

This provocative book develops empowerment theory in the context of community mediation. Schwerin uses a case study of a large urban community mediation program to explore the empowerment concept and to assess widely believed hypotheses about empowerment and community mediation. The major contributions of this work to Transformational Politics and the community mediation movement include the development and elaboration of empowerment theory; the analysis of mediation ideology, mediation training, and mediation process; and the exploration of the linkage between community mediation and personal and social transformation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275945527
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/30/1995
Series:	Praeger Series in Transformational Politics and Political Science
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1480L (what's this?)

About the Author

EDWARD W. SCHWERIN is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University./e He has conducted research on World Politics, Peace Research, and Asia-Pacific Rim Politics. He has consulted and conducted training in mediation, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills in both the private and public sectors.

Table of Contents

Transformational Politics, Empowerment, and Conflict Resolution
The Community Mediation Movement: Models, Ideology, and Mediators
Community Mediation and Citizen Mediators
Empowerment: Transforming Power and Powerlessness
Research Design and Empowerment Measures
Mediation Participation and Empowerment
The Future of Community Mediation and Empowerment; The Future of Empowerment and Transformational Politics

Editorial Reviews

Transformational politics, an emerging field concerned with major challenges facing the post-Cold War world, focuses on sketching visions of a new future and coming up with strategies to make them real. The author (political science, Florida Atlantic U.) looks at the links between two facets of transformational politics: community mediation (a voluntary mode of conflict resolution seen as a supplement to the formal legal system) and community empowerment (which is central to the concerns of many movements including green politics, feminist politics, participatory democracy, and neo- populism). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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